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172248
Doug Bell
Catalog
1988
DAB
Larus occidentalis occidentalis
328
Gregory Point
Location: Cape Arago, Lighthouse, Coos Co., Oregon
Date: 14 June 1988
Sket+
RW
Sex:τ LT: 1.50 x 1.08 x 0.97 RT: 1.05 x 0.77 x 0.72
Weight: 1,285 gms Fat: No fat
Winglength: 44.8 cm (L) Span: 152 cm
Pr Length: 10 31.3 7 28.6
9 31.3 w 6 27.0
8 30.5 w 5 24.7
Tail length: 17.1 cm
Tarsus: 6.32 (L) Toes: dn. β. 4.77 M.d. 6.28 Out. 6.12
Headlength: 13.69 0.55
Bill length: 6.60 Post Nares, 4.20
bill width: 1.20 Gape: 3.47
bill depth Corys. 2.19 ant. Post
Nares - 2.07 Nares. 2.00
Brood Patches: 3- but each has patches of down & feathering.
Bill Color:
m 2.5Y 7/8 Spout: 5 YR 6/12
lm 2.5Y 7/8
Eyering . 2.5Y 7/8
Juiles 5 Y 8/4 speckles/
third
Flecking in lower third. Some flecks upper
Pigment 10 YR 3/2 - half. Light flecking.
Legs 10 RP 6/4
Remarks: Trapped off 2 egg nest. Threw up 2 large 15 cm squid
+ numerous small sand eels? 1 blood meal. 4 black patches
on tail. Brownish tinge to primaries, coverts. Nest near
bridge, in grassy part of island. Alulars: LW+ RW+
P° 10-3, 1. Fish meal in stomach.