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Douglas a. Bell
1987
Catalog
172331
DAB
Larus occidentalis
154
Location: 1/2 mi. N. McClure's Beach, Tomales Point, Point Reyes
SKELETON +
LEFT WING
Date: June 5, 1987
Nat'l. Seashore, Marin Co., Calif.
Sex: ♀ 16 vma ~ 2 0.29 cm ♀
Wt: 1,035 gms.
Fat: Heavy.
Wing length: Right: 38.2 cm
Chord: 133
p0 Length: 10: 27.9
7: 25.9
9: 28.2
6: 24.3
8: 27.0
5. 22.5
Tail: 14.9 cm Slight pigment on shafts.
out: 5.61 cm mid: 6.17cm
Tarsus: 6.04 cm (left)
Toes In: [illegible] 4.33cm Hallux: 0.45 cm
Head length. 11.87 cm
Bill length: 5.67
Post Nares: 3.45 cm
bill width: 1.19 cm
bill depth: Gonyx: 1.93 cm
Ant Nares: 1.90 cm
Post Nares. 1.79cm
Blood patches: 3 Middle Refeathering
Bill Colr: 10 yr 7/10
eyeing Cln: 10 yr 7/10
fides: 5 Y 8/2 diffuse, even pigment over lower half of iris.
Legs: 10 R 7/2
Remarks: Stomach full small crustaceans (shrimp).
2 frozen milb + 1 blood tube ([illegible] EOTA).
Shot on beach.