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Douglas A. Bell
1987
Catalog
172267
DAB
Larus occidentalis.
160
LOCATION: Crescent City Dump, Old Mill Road, Del Norte Co., Calif.
SKELETON
DATE: June 11, 1987
Rt. Wing
SEX: ♂ L. T.: 1.64 x 1.00 x 0.97 Rt. T. destroyed.
WT: 1,180 gms.
FAT: Good
WINGLENGTH: 43.9 cm (left)
CHORD: 151 cm
PRIMARY LENGTH: 10: 30.2
7: 27.7
9: 31.0
6: 26.0
8: 30.3
5: 24.7 cm
TAIL: 16.9 cm 3 out of 12 shafts pigmented.
OUT: 6.41 cm
MIDDLE: 6.63 cm
TARSUS: 6.96 cm (Rt.)
TOES: IN: 4.92 cm
HALUX: 0.58
HEADLENGTH: 13.08 cm
BILL LENGTH: 5.62 cm
@ POSTERIOR NARES: 3.65 cm
BILL WIDTH: 1.45 cm
@ GAPE: 3.72 cm
BILL DEPTH: GONYX: 2.32 cm
ANT. NARES: 2.30 cm
POST. NARES: 2.20 cm
BROOD PATCHES: 3 - Thumbl-sized.
BILL COLOR: 10 YR 7/10
EYERING COLOR: 10 YR 7/10 Gony blotch in rear corner.
TRIDES: 5 Y 8/2 Even pigment flecking (grainy) in
lower 1/2 : 5 Y 3/2
LEGS: 10 R 7/4
REMARKS: 1 frozen & 1 blood meal. Stomach had a few
fish scales & silts. Left wing # 10-2.