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Doug Bell
1987
Catalog
172207
DAB
Larus occidentalis
209
Location: Pine Island, Willapa Bay, Pacific Co., WA.
Skeleton +
Date: 30 June 1987
Rt. Wing
Sex: ♀ Ovary very small one area ≥ 0.18; rest ≤ 0.10 cm
Wt: 895 gms
Fat: Moderate
Winglength: 39.0 cm (left)
Chord: 136.5 cm
Primary length 10 - 27.7 cm
7 - 25.8 cm w
9 - 28.0 "
w 6 - 24.9 cm
8 - 27.6
w 5 - 22.9
Tail length: 14.9 cm; 12 of 12 shafts pigmented; some imm flaking (it?) on all vanes.
Tarsus: 6.12 cm (Right)
Toes Out: 5.61
In: 4.34
Mid: 5.85
Hbl: 0.74
Headlength: 11.91 cm
Bill length: 5.76
at post nares: 3.52
Bill width: 1.35 cm
at gape: 3.35 cm
Bill depth: Gony: 2.02 cm
Ant. Nares: 1.93
Post Nares: 1.77
Brood Patches: 3 - but all refathered!
Bill Color: 10 YR 7/12
Gony 10 R 5/16
Eyeing Color: 10 YR 7/12
Hides: 7.5Y 8/2. Very loose, pancy pigment scattered throughout.
tees light!
Legs: 5R 7/3
Remarks: Touch of brown in primary coverts; trace of dark in bill tip. left wing primaries 10-5;1 (4) <3<2 q m molt/. Stomach empty except for a few fish bones (small), invert crustacea parts + annelid mouth parts. 1 frozen & 1 EtOH vial.