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Doug Bell Catalogue
Date: 28 June 1986
Location; Southbound 101, in downtown Crescent City, CA.
173849
114 ♂ Ptychoramphus aleuticus Wt. 155 gms
Skin + Found dead on sidewalk, below neon sign, in the morning.
Partial shell Downtown Crescent City, CA, on southbound 101 just as it makes 90° bend @ south end of city. Tremendous fat on skin. Whole skull seemed translucent, no separate windows. Left tarsi .080x .035 cm. Stomach empty.
115
172391 Species: Larus occidentalis
Location: Alcatraz Island, S.F. Co., Calif.
Date: June 1986 Sex: ♂ T, L & R: 1.1mm x 3.8 mm
Weight: 395 gms
Winglength: 15.8 cm (left wing)
Primary Length:
Lt. Wing Rt. Wing Lt. Wing Rt. Wing
10: 4.2 3.8 7: 7.3 6.8
9: 6.3 5.9 6: 6.4 5.9
8: 7.1 5.2 5: 7.7 7.1
Tail Length: 1.5 cm (not including down)
Tarsus: Rt. 6.05 Lf. 5.96
Headlength: 9.50 cm
Bill length: 3.82 cm Post. Nares: 2.27 cm
Bill width: .0.95 cm
Bill depth: gonyx: 1.23 cm
ant nares: 1.30 cm
post nares: 1.28 cm
Remarks: Collected by Ray Pierotti. Bird approx. 3 weeks old. Emaciated. No fat, No pectoral mm; Tissues LHKM (leg) taken. Stomach contained two small rocks