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Doug Bell
1988
Catalog
172337
DAB
Larus occidentalis pelcres
278
location 1/2 mi N [illegible] Beach, Tomales Point, Point Reyes
National Seashore, Marin Co., Calif.
278
date May 12, 1988
sex ♀ 4ova >3mm
weight 1000 G fat Heavy
Rt. Wing
wing length 37.1 cm (L) span 132 cm
4/4
pr length 10 26.2 7 24.8
YE.
9 26.5 6 23.3
8 26.0 5 21.2
tail length ♀ No tail
tarsus 6.13 cm (L) toes in 4.47 mid 6.12 out 5.75 0.51
head length 12.13
bill length 5.85 post nares 3.45
bill width 1.27 gape 3.21
bill depth 1.97 ant 1.95 post nares 1.82
bill color um: 10 YR 8/10 nares spot Scarlet
lm: 10 YR 7/10
eyering color XR 10 8/10
irides 5Y 7/4
pigment 5Y 2.5/2 Lower 1/3 sparse.
legs
remarks
brood patches upper left > right. all 3 downy + feathers (sparse).
Remarks: slight black on bill tip. Brown counts. No tail!
Probably non-breeding. Segntd. worms in/around mesenteries.
good infection (worms saved in ETOH). Stomach empty
except for a few fish + crab bones/shells. Saved. 2 frozen
tissue wabs taken.
alular RW+