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Catalog
D.A. Bell
172223
093
species: Larus occidentalis
Skeleton +
location: Nestucca Spit, Tillamook Co., Oregon
Left Wing
date: June 14, 1986
sex: Left testis destroyed, Rt. T?
weight: 1145g Good fat.
wing length: right: 41.4 cm
primary length: 10: 28.7 cm
9: 29.6 cm
8: 27.7 cm
7: 27.1 cm
6: 25.01cm
5: 24.0cm
tail length: 16.2 cm (7 tail feathers with small
black patches)
L. tarsus: 6.502 cm Left middle toe: 6.02 cm
head length: 13.03 cm
bill length: 6.23cm post. n.: 3.70cm
bill width: 1.36 cm
bill depth groups: 2.19 cm
" ant. n.: 2.18 cm
" post. n.: 2.14 cm
brood patches: 3
bill, eyemig color: orange yellow
irides: strawyellow, very little pigment lowo half
leg: fleshy pink
remarks: 6 hrs before tissue was taken.
6 of 12 tail feathers have either small black patches (1.5 x 1 cm)
or scattered pigment.
stomach: contained small fish vertebras, ribs.