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Transcription
Doug Bell
1987
Catalog
172278
DAB
Larus occidentalis
137
Location: Green Rock, 2mi. NNW of Birdrock, Trinidad Head Humboldt Co.
CA.
Date: May 27 ' 1987
Sex: ♂ 1.41x1.04x0.83(6); R: 1.02x0.85x0.69
Wt: 1130g Fat Moderate
Wing length: left: 42.1cm chord:
Primary length: 10: 29.4cm 7: 28.2cm
9: 30.04cm 6: 26.7cm
8: 30.0cm 5: 24.9 cm
Tail: 15.5cm trace pigment in shafts
Tarsus left: 6.28cm out: 6.Φcm mid: 6.38
in: 4.75 tae: 0.57
Head length: 12.24 cm
Bill length: 5.79cm post. Nares: 3.59cm
Bill width: 1.26 cm
Bill depth: Gonyx: 2.02 cm Ant Nares 1.98 cm
Post Nares 1.93 cm
Brood patches: 3
Bill color: 10 Y R 7-10
Eye ring color: 10 Y R 7-10
Irides: 5Y 8-2 diffuse pigment in lower ½
Legs: 2.5R 8-2
Remarks: 1 frozen + 1 EtOH tissue trial. Stomach empty except for a few stones + remains of
mussel shells. Patches of oil on feathers.