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Doug BELL
1987
CATALOGUE
172396
DAB
125
Larus occidentalis
Skeleton +
Left wing
+
Rt. Wing p0
Asym. 2nd
window
(double on 9)
Location: Alcatraz I., S.F. (O., Calif.
Date: May 15, 1987
SEX: B Left Testis: 1.71X 1.18 X 1.15cm Rt. Testis: 1.64 X 1.15X 0.92 cm
Weight: 1,085 gms.
Light Fat.
Winglength (Rt): 41.80 cm
Primary Length:
(Right):
10: 29.0 cm
7: 27.80 cm
9: 29.60 cm
6: 25.90 cm
8: 29.1cm
5: 24.80 cm
Tail Length: 15.90 cm
Head Length: 12.82 cm
Tarsus Length (Left): 6.28 Middle 6.10 cm Inner: 4.73 cm
Toes: Outer 6.10 cm Hallux: 0.55cm
Bill Length: 5.88 cm " Length @ Post. Nares: 3.80
Bill Width (Post nare): 1.42 cm
Bill Depth: Genys: 2.13 cm PostNares: [illegible]. 1.98cm
Ant. Nares: 2.06 cm
Brood Patelas: 3 Bill Color: Orange Yellow
Eyering Color: Orange Yellow
Iris Color: Straw Yellow, bottom 3rd w/ light pigment (diffuse)
Leg Color: Fleshy Pink.
Remarks: Trapped off 3-egg nest on dried grass area west
of Industry Building. Left Foot - mines well, at distal
phalanx toe is a flap of webbing about 3X5mm + an equal-sized
divert. Outer webbing, same foot, has 2 holes in it.
Tissues taken - 2 nails. Stomach: small fish vertebrae
+ round things 2 mm &. Eyes preserved.