Field notes, v635
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Catalog Douglas A. Bell 172796 104 Species: Larus occidentalis SKELETON + Left Wing Location: Whitcomb Island, Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor Co., Wash. date: June 20th, 1986 sex: F Left ovary. ~150mm x 2mm & weight: 780g winglength : left: 37.7cm primary length: 10: 27.9cm dark primaries 9: 28.5cm 8: 27.5cm 7: 26.5cm 6: 24.9cm 5: 22.8cm tail length: 14.8cm tarsus: left: 6.01cm Left middle toe: 5.75cm headlength: 12.39 cm bill length: 5.53cm post n.: 3.57 cm bill width: 1.24cm bill depth gonyx: 1.97 cm " aut.n.: 1.93 cm " post.n.: 1.79 cm food patches: 3 (big) bill? orange yellow eye ring upon capture: fresh-orange yellow billed, eyering color: later: orange-yellow eye corners dull yellow inside insides: salmontraw yellow w/ even pigment disposed over lower half leg: fleshy pink remarks: trapped of 3 egg nest trews up fish filets. dead 20hrs before tissue taken Stomach: small fish bones, otoliths, couple nerois claws. Preserved.