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Douglas A. Bell
1987 Catalog
DAB Larus occidentalis
164 Location: Crescent City Dump, Old Mill Rd.,
Del Norte Co., Calif.
Skeleton + Right Left Wing
Date: 11 June 1987.
sex: ? 3ova 2 8.37 cm + 9 ma 2 0.25 mm
wt: 955 gms Fat: Good.
Winglength: left: 40.2 cm Chord: 133.5 cm
Primary length: 10: 28.3 7: 26.5
9: 29.1 6: 25.2
8: 28.1 5: 23.3
Tail: 15.6 cm all shafts slightly pigmented.
Tarsus: 6.21 (RT.) Toes: out: 5.48 mid: 5.80
in: 4.31 Hal: 0.50
Headlength: 12.13 cm
Bill length: 5.50 cm at post. nares: 3.68 cm
Bill width: 1.33cm at Gape: 3.31 cm
Bill depth: Gouys : 2.05 cm
Ant nares: 2.00
Postnares: 1.86
Brood patches: 3
Bill Colors: 10 YR 7/60 Gony 5 R 7/16
Eyering colors: 10 YR 7/10 Long color front & rear.
Irides: 5 Y 7/4 - but pigment distributed as a doughnut
around outer iris - thick: 5 Y 2.5/1.
Legs: 5 R 7/3
Remotes: Stomach full w/ yellow mush, 1 frozen +
1 Blood meal. Few worms in body cavity & kidneys.
Left Wing: P° 10-3; 241 in molt. 2>1. Hook-2- in right outer foot web.