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1987
Douglas A. Bell
Catalog
172329
DAB
Larus occidentalis.
152
Location: 3 mi. N. McCleure's Beach, Tomales Point, Point Reyes Nat'l
Left +
Seashore, Marin Co., Calif.
Right Wing
Date: June 5, 1987
Sex: ♀ Ovary small; ♂ Ova ~ 2 0.23 cm 4 ova ~ 0.17 cm
Wt.: 890 gms
Fat: Good
Wing length: 38.5 cm (left)
Chord: 132.5 cm
P° length: 10 26.0 (broken)
7 26.2
9 27.8
6 24.0
8 [illegible] 27.1
5 22.0
Tail: Pigment in shafts. 14.7 cm
Out: 5.41 cm
Mid: 5.65 cm
Tarsus: 5.89 cm (Right)
Toes:
IN: 4.36 cm
Hall. 0.45 cm
Head length: 11.34 cm
Bill length: 5.32 cm
Post Nares: 3.41 cm
Bill width: 1.14 cm
Bill depth Genys: [illegible] 1.93 cm Ant Nares: 1.90 cm
Post Nares: 1.75 cm
Blood patches: 3
Bill Color: 10 YR 7/10
Eye ring Color: 10 YR 7/10
Axiles: 5 Y 8/3 Very little pigment. A few small blotches
of pigment in lower 1/3.
Legs: 10 R 7/2
Remarks: Small hole & splinter in inner left foot web.
Left Wing; P° 1 molt, 2 broken Stomach full with 3
squid. 2 frozen meals; 1 blood. Shot on beach.