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Douglas A. Bell
1987
Catalog
172333
DAB
Larus occidentalis
156
Location: 3 mi. N McClure's Beach, Tomales Point, Point Reyes Nat'l
Skeleton + Left Wing
Seashore, Marin Co, Calif.
Date: June 5, 1997
Sex: ♀
8twe 20.33 cm, 2 exploded rve.
Wt: 955 grms
Fit: Good
Winglength: 39.5 cm (left)
Chord: 130 cm
PO Length: 10: 27.4 cm
7: 25.0 cm
9: 28.3
6: 23.9
8: 27.5
5: 22.7
Tail: 14.9 cm Slight pigmentation in shafts.
Tarsus: 5.92 cm (right)
Out: 5.71 cm Min: 6.04 cm
Toes IV: 4.56 cm HALL: 0.43 cm
Headlength: 11.69 cm
Bill length: 5.43 cm
Art Nares: 3.18 cm
Bill Width: 1.18 cm
Bill depth: Comp: 1.94 cm Art Nares: 1.86 cm
Post Nares: 1.78 cm
Food pellets: 3
Bill color: 10 YR 3/10
Eyering color: 10 YR 7/10
Iris: 5 Y 6/2 Thick, even pigment through lower ⅓s of iris : color: 5 Y 3/2.
Legs: 5 R 7/2
Remarks: [illegible] Lt. Wing + Primaries 10-2. Stomach nearly empty, some fish meal, pieces.
2 frozen wings; one blood. Shot on beach.