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Doug bell
1987
Catalog
172305
DAB Larus occidentalis
location: Humboldt Co., Sugarloaf Rock1, CA.
at Cape Mendocino,
147
Date: May 30, 1987
skin &
PARTIAL
SEX: ♂
L: 1.35 X 1.05 X 0.87 R: 1.32 X 0.95 X 0.62
SKELETON
Wt: 1200g Fat: Good
Wing length: left: 41.3cm chord: 137cm
Primary length 10: 29.0 7: 27.8
9: 29.7 6: 25.9
8: 29.2 5: 24.1
Tail: 15.8
tarsus: left: 6.32 out: 5.95 in: 4.69
mid: 6.00 tal: 0.61
Head length: 12.88
Bill length: 5.68 post. uares: 3.43
Bill width: 1.27
Bill depth: Gonyx: 2.13
aut. uares: 2.02
post. uares: 1.98
Broad patches: 3
Bill color: 10YR 7-12
Eye ring color: 10YR 7-10
Irides: 5 Y 8-3 Heavy even pigment
lower ½, scattered diffuse upper ½, pigment color:
10YR 3-2
Legs: 5 R 7-4
Remarks: 1 frozen mid. Several worms. Fish
in stomach.