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Catalog
172322
Larus occidentalis occidentalis
near Van Damme Beach State Park, 2 mi. S. Mendocino,
301 Location: Spring Ranch, Mendocino Co., Calif.
Date: 5-24-88
Sex: ♀ lova 0.57, Lower 0.37; lova 0.35 ; gova >0.20 mm
Weight: 920g Fat: Heavy
Winglength right: 39.7 Span: 135 cm
P. length: 10 28.0 7 26.6
9 28.6 6 24.1
8 28.0 5 23.0
Tailength: 14.9
Tarsus: 5.82 Toes: hi. 4.32 Mid- 5.67 Out. 5.35
Headlength: 11.77 Halvix: 0.45
Bill length: 5.42 Post. Nares: 3.42
Bill width: 1.16 Gape: 2.67
Bill depthCmps: 1.89 Ant. Nares 1.81 Post. Nares 1.63
Brood patches: 3
Bill Color um - 2.5Y 7-12 Spot. Color 14
cm - 2.5Y 7-12
Eyeing color: 2.5Y 7-10 + corners
Lides: 5Y 7-4 pigm. 10YR 4-3 sparse grains
Legs: 2.5 RP 6-4
Remarks: p° 10-3; 2 frozen tissue meals. stomach
contains fish meal > very small otoliths + small otoliths -
saved.