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Catalog
Douglas A. Bell
118 Species: Larus occidentalis
172394 Location: Alcatraz I., S.F.Co., Calif.
Weight: 125 gms
Sex: ♂ (spermatic cords visible)
Tarsus: R - 3.66 cm L - 3.73 cm June 1986
Headlength: 6.82 cm
Bill length: 2.81 cm Post nares: 1.64 cm
Bill width: 0.71 cm
Bill depth: gonyx - 0.97 cm ant nares - 1.00 cm post nares - 1.03 cm
Remarks - #46 Pink- hatched from egg by Ray Pierotti, Raised
on poor diet. Legs, body, bill soft & rubbery. Liver, kidneys
large , reddish brown. Gall bladder enlarged. Trace fat
on leg muscles. Trace breast muscles only. Tissues taken (LH#9)
Bürzeldrusen groß und fest.
119 Species: Columba livia
Location: U.C. Berkeley Campus , Alameda Co., California Left Testis: 23 x 10 mm
Date : 9 May 1986 Sex: ♂ Right Testis: 22 x 11 mm
Weight: 345 gms No fat, protruding keel.
Remarks: Found in tremors on U.C. Berkeley
campus by Thomas Wake. Bird regurgitated rice
& seed. Crop contained rice, corn, small seeds.
Poisoned?