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Catalog
Douglas A. Bell
172693
109
SKELETON +
left wing
Species: Larus glaucescens
Location: Protection Island, South side, Jefferson Co.
date: June 24, 1986
Wash.
SX: female of 108
Left ovary: 9 ova > 1.5mm &
Weight: 980g good fat
winglength: left: 40.0 cm
primary length: 10: 27.9cm
9: 28.5cm
8: 28.0cm
7: 26.4 cm
6: 24.6 cm
5: 22.6cm
tail length: 15.5 cm
tarsus: left: 6.15cm left middle toe: 5.82cm
headlength: 12.72cm
bill length: 5.92cm post. u.: 3.78cm
bill width: gp 1.18 cm
bill depth: gony: 2.01cm
aut. m.: 2.05cm
post. u.: 1.90cm
brood patches: 3
bibe: orange yellow
eyerigs: deep vinaceous #4
irides: smoke grey #45 with even pigment over
lower 1/3 space thin pigm.
legs: fleshy pink
Scattered through out.
remarks: trapped off 8 egg nest
mate of 108, threw up small minnows
5 worms in throat ~ 3cm long -3 preserved in alcohol (Ascaris?)
stomach: filled w/ fine grainy matter + few fish ribs (small)