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Catalog
172342
Larus occidentalis occidentalis
323 Location Red Rock Island, San Francisco Bay, Calif.
S.F., Contra Costa & Marin Counties
Date 10 June 1988
Skull LW Sex ♀ 4ova >0.40; 10 ova >0.30.
Weight 985 gms Fat Heavy.
Winglength 40.9 R Span 138 cm
Pr length 10 28.4 7 26.1
9 28.9 6 24.3 w
8 27.8 5 22.8 √
Taillength: 14.9 8 of 12 rects. w/darker shafts.
Tarsus: 6.06 Toes In: 4.15 Mid: 5.78 Out: 5.65
Headlength: 12.21 Hal: 0.61
Bill length: 5.69 Post Narix - 3.46
Bill width: 1.27 Gape: 3.89
Bill depth Gaps: 2.01 ant Narix: 1.87 Post Narix: 1.70
Brood Patcher: 3
Bill Color um 2.5 Y 7/12 sm 2.5 Y 7/12 Spot Color 15
Eye ring color 10 YR 7/10
Tibio 5 Y 7/3
Pipit 10YR 3/3 small flecks only
Legs 5 R P 5/4
Remarks: Trapped off 3 egg nest. Threw up 6" fish - lt. blueish on side. Nest on pebble beach. Eggs: 323-A:
83 gms) 7.17 x 4.89 cm 323 B- 84 gms 6.98 x 4.88
C 82 gms; 7.05 x 4.78 cm: 2 small fish remains in
stomach - saved. P° 10-3
Measured after freezing