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Doug Bell
1987
CATALOGUE
172395
DAB
124
Larus occidentalis.
Skeleton +
Left Wing
+ Rt wing p0
Location: Alcatraz I., SF. Co., Calif.
DATE: May 15, 1987
Sex: ♦ Q.Testis: 1.59 x 1.25 x 1.02 Rt. Testis: 1.42 x 1.15 x 1.02 cm
Weight. 1,095 gms.
Light Fat
Rt.
Winglength: 41 cm
RIGHT
Primary Length:
10:
28.55
7:
26.70
9:
28.80
6:
25.60
8:
28.40
5:
24.00
Tail Length: 16.20 cm
Left
Tarsus: 6.52
Middle: 6.45
Toes: Outer: 6.27
Inner: 4.93
Hallux: 0.73
Bill Length: 5.86
" Length Posterior Nares: 3.87 cm
Head length: 12.72 cm
Bill Width: 1.40 cm
Bill Depth: Gonyx: 2.12 cm
Ant. Nares: 2.12 cm
Post. Nares: 2.09 cm
Brood Patches: 3
Bill Color:
Orange Yellow
Eye ring Colors Orange yellow.
Iris: Straw Yellow + light pigment over bottom half (diffuse).
Leg Color: Fleshy Pink.
Remarks: Trapped off 3-egg nest on dried grass west of Industry Building. Approx. 2 x 2 cm piece of distal webbing on medial side of left foot missing. Left Wing whole taken, + all Primaries, right wing. Testes+ Tongue fixed in formulin.
Stomach contents: fish vertebrae - saved. Several worms
in fascia of liver neck. Tissues saved - in 2 tubes.