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Douglas A. Bell
1987
Catalog
172272
DAB
Larus occidentalis
165
Location: Crescent City Dump, Old Mill Rd., Del
Skeleton +
Norte Co., Calif.
Left Wing
Date: 12 June 1987
sex:
1.0( x 0.97 x 0.70 (L)
R; 1.16 x0.64 x0.61 cm
wt: 1,295 gms
Fat: Good
Winglength: 42 cm (Lt.)
Chord: 141 cm
Primary length: 10: 28.9
7: 27.2
9: 29.4
6: 25.6
8: 28.3
5: 23.5
Tail: 16.8 cm
4 out of 12 slightly pigmented
Tarsus: 6.67 cm (Left).
Toes:
out: 6.36
in: 4.82
mid: 6.46
Hall: 0.65
Headlength: 13.17 cm
Bill length: 5.91 cm
at post. nares: 3.77 cm
Bill width: 1.35 cm
at Gape: 3.30 cm
Bill depth: Gonyx: 2.27 cm
Ant. Nares: 2.24 cm
Post. nares: 2.10 cm
Brood patches: 3 all refathering 3 < 1 + 2.
Bill Color:
Gony: 5 YR 6/10
Eyering color: 5Y 8/6; touch of gony color in both corners
Irides: 7.5 Y 8/6 Very few diffuse pigment patches in
lower 1/3
Legs: 5R 7/2
Remarks: Hole in left inner web & right outer. Right primaries
10-4; 3<2<1(molt). Stomach empty. 1 frozen meal +
2 blood meals.