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Doug Bell
1988
Catalog
172417
DAB
Larus occidentalis wymani
/ 230
location Monterey Bay, mile offshore of Hopkins Marine Station,
250 date April 13, 1988
sex ♂ LT: 2.28x1.51x1.12 cm RT: 1.41x1.06x0.89 cm
weight 1,250 G fat Good.
skeleton + wing
wing length L 43.8 cm span ♂
pr. length 10 29.8cm 7 29.4
9 30.5 w 6 27.3
8 30.0 5 25.0
tail length 16.9 cm
tarsus R 6.62 toes in 4.73 mid 6.36 out 6.16 0.52
head length 13.77 cm
bill length 6.23 cm post nares 3.82 cm
bill width 1.42 gape 3.44
bill depth gonys 2.21 ant 2.20 post 2.18
nares nares
brood patches Upper 2 feathered; lower downy
bill color 2.5Y 7/10 spot [illegible] 10R 5/16
eyering color 10YR 7/12;
irides 5Y 8/4 ; pigment: 10YR 3/2 ; Very light, diffuse
thread.
legs 5R 7/3
remarks Shot off boat. Frozen whole, but partially thawed on
trip from Monterey to Berkeley (cuts for 231, 232, 232).
251, 252, 253
RT. Foot -> Bumblefoot. Stomach empty.
alular Claw: RT W(-); L.W.: + . 2 frozen tarsus
ribs taken (lg).