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Doug Bell
1987
Catalog
172303
DAB
Larus occidentalis
145
at Cape Mendocino
Location: Sugarloaf Rock, Humboldt Co., CA.
SKELETON
Date: May 30, 1987
WING
Sex: J L: 1.64 x 1.12 x 0.92 R: 1.40 x 1.02 x 1.03
Wt: 1190g Fat: Good
Wing length: right: 43.4cm, chord . 144 cm
Primary lengths: 10: 29.5cm 7 : 28.0
9: 30.2 6: 26.4
8: 29.8 5: 24.5
Tail: 15.7
Tarsus: right: 6.69 out: 6.32 in : 5.02
mid: 6.39 hal: 0.43
Head length: 12.85
Bill length: 5.88 post. mares: 3.53
Bill width: 1.23
Bill depth: Goups : 2.20
Ant mares: 2.15
Post mares: 2.06
Brood patches: 3 (thumb-size)
Bill color: 10 YR 7-10
Eye ring color: 10 YR 7-10
Trides : 5 Y B-3
Scattered diffuse pigment lower 1/3.
Legs: 2.5 Y B-2
Remates: 2 male-1 frozen, 1 EtOH. Good warm
infusion, stomach 1/2 full of fish with vertebral.
Dark feather shaft on tail.