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Doug Bell
1987
Catalog
DAB Larus occidentalis
203 Location: East Sand Island, near Chinook, WA; Clatsop Co,
Skeleton & Oregon.
Rt. Wing
Date: 27 June 1987
Sex: ♀ 3 ova ≥ 0.26 cm ; 2 ova ≥ 0.10 cm d
WT: 915 gms Fat: Moderate
Winglength: 40.1 cm (left) Chord: 136.5 cm
P° length: 10: 27.2 cm 7: 26.8 cm
9: 27.9 6: 24.8
8: 27.7 5: 23.1
Tail length: 15.2 cm 6 of 12 shafts + vane pigmented.
Tarsus: 5.92 cm (Rt.) IV: 4.39 HAC: 0.62
Toes: OUT: 5.72 MID: 5.72
Headlength: 12.24 cm
Bill length: 5.62 ♂ post nares: 3.55 cm
" width: 1.20 cm ♂ gape: 3.05 cm
" depth: Gerys: 2.02 cm
Ant. Nares: 1.89 Post Nares: 1.77
Brood Patches: 3
Bill Color: 10 YR 7/10 10 R 5/16
Eye ring Glm: 10 YR 7/10 corners / 2.5 Y 7/8 in central part
Aulus: 7.5 Y 7/4 Pigment 2.5 X 3½ - uneven deferral lower ½
gripsy
Legs: 5 R 7/4
Remarks: 1 frozen vial. Stomach empty except for a few fish
vertebrae & ribs. Few worms.