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Douglas A. Bell
1987 Catalog
172334
DAB Larus occidentalis:
157 Location: 1/2 mi, N. McElurs Beach, Point Reyes Natl. Seashore, Tomales
Point, Marin Co., Calif.
SKELETON 4 Date: June 5, 1987
Rt. Wing
Sex: Female Ovary large: 2 ova >= 0.44 cm, several ova (1/10) ~2 mm
4 yr.
Wt: 860 gms Fat: Good
Winglength: 39.8 cm (left). Chord: 131 cm
1st length: 10: 27.9 cm 7: 26.5 cm
9: 28.2 6: 23.7
8: 27, 7 5: 22.7
Tail: 14.5 cm Out: 5.44 cm Mid: 5.61 cm
Tarsus: 5.51 cm (Right) Toes In 4.26 Hallux: 0.36 cm
Headlength: 11.68 cm
Bill length: 5.30 cm Post Nares: 3.29 cm
Bill width: 1.28 cm
Bill depth: Gape: 1.93 cm Ant Nares: 1.88 cm
Post Nares: 1.77 cm
Good Patchs 3 good ones!
Bill Color: 10 YR 7/10
Eyeing Color: 10 YR 7/12
Lides: 5 Y 7/2 Diffuse pigment, even, throughout lower
3/3 of iris = 5Y 3/2
Legs: 5 R 7/3
Remarks: Pigmented shafts, min. flecking on 2 rectrices,
brown in wings. Stomach empty. Few worms in
stomach; one bit of plant matter. 2 frozen nibs, 1 blood.
Shot on beach.