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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.