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Catalog
Douglas A. Bell
10/h
172836
094
Species: Larus occidentalis
Location: Nestucca Spit, Tillamook Co., Oregon
skeleton +
date: June 14, 1986
Right Wing
sex: ♀ Left T. destroyed. Right T.: 0.95 x 0.65 x 0.45 cm (frozen)
weight: 1110 g Good fat
wing length: right: 41.6 cm
primary length: 10: 28.7cm
9: 29.1cm
8: 29.1cm
7: 27.8cm
6: 25.8cm
5: 24.6cm
tail length: 16.8 cm
tarsus right: 6.10 cm
head length: 12.96 cm
bill length: 6.23 cm
" post. m.: 3.84cm
bill width: 1.41 cm
bill depth: gonyx: 2.31cm
" ant. m.: 2.24 cm
" post. m.: 1.19 cm
brood patches: 3
bill, eye ring color: orange yellow
irides: salmon pink moderate pigment over lower 3/4th.
leg: fleshy pink
remarks: 6 hrs before tissues were taken
Stomach - has a few old "egg" membranes in it,
yellow in color.