Field notes, v636
Page 79
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
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.