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Doug Bell
Catalog
1987
172312
DAB
128
SKELETON +
LEFT WING
Larus occidentalis
state
Location: Van Damme State Beach Park, Mendocino Co., Calif.
DATE: 21 May 1987
SEX: male symbol 1.92 x 1.41 x 1.26 (Left Tarsio)
RT. T: 1.57 x 1.11 x 1.02 cm
WT. 975 gms
Fat: Heavy Fat
Winglength: 40.2 (Right)
Primary Length
10: 27.8
7: broken tip
RT.
9: 28.3
6: 24.5
8: 27.5
5: 22.9
Tail Length: 15.1 cm
Tarsus: (Right) 6.15 cm
Toes: Outer middle: 5.70
Inner Hallux: 0.36
Head Length: 11.62 cm
Bill length: 5.40 cm
Post Nares: 3.33
Bill Width: 1.26
Bill Depth: Gony: 1.97
Ant. Nares: 1.91
Post. Nares: 1.83
Brood Patches: 3 - refathering.
Bill Color: 10 YR 7/10
Iris Color: 7.5 Y 8/4 pigment even dispersed over lower half
Eyering Color: 10 YR 7/10
Legs: 2.5 Y 8/4
Remarks - Stomach full of small < 1/2 cm (crustacean)
shrimps, Worms. 2 tissue swabs saved.