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Douglas A. Bell
1987
Catalog
172330
DAB
Larus occidentalis
153
Location: 1/2 mi. N. McClure's Beach, Tomales Point, Point Reyes National
elation +
Seashore, Marin Co., Calif.
Left Wing.
Date: June 5, 1987
Sex: ♂ L: 1.08 x 0.84 x 0.58 R: 0.84 x 0.67 x 0.41
Wt: 1,200 gm.
Fat: Good.
Winglength: 42.2 cm (Right) Chord: 139 cm
p° Length: 10: 29.5 cm
7 28.0 cm
(w)
9: 30.1
6 25.9
8: 29.4
5 23.9
Tail: 16.2 cm
8 out of 13 rectrices have black flecks.
Pigmented shafts (not
out: 2 on each side!).
Tarsus: 6.18 cm (Left)
Tues: IN: 4.62 cm
Out: 5.79 cm
Mid: 6.24 cm
Hal: 0.47 cm
Headlength: 12.30 cm
Bill length: 5.77 cm
Post Nores: 3.63 cm
Bill width: 1.49 cm
@ gape: 3.89 cm
Bill depth Gonyx: 2.22 cm
Out Nares: 2.18 cm
Post Nares: 2.14 cm
Breed patches: 3 good ones!
Bill Color: 10 YR 7/10
Eyerin Color: 10 YR 7/10
Audies: 5Y 8/3 Pigment: diffuse over upper half, heavy
over lower half: 5 Y 4/2
Legs: 10 R 6/3
Remarks: Left foot-outer web 4 holes. Right foot-outer web 1 hole.
Right wing Primaries 10-7 (front). Tail saved too. Stomach full
of fish (small), Shot on beach.