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Doug Bell
1988
Catalog
172418
DAB
Larus occidentalis wymani
st
location Monterey Bay, 1 mile offshore of Hopkins Marine Station,
251
date April 13, 1988
Shell +
sex ̸️ LT: 1.23x0.72x0.53 cm RT: 0.89x0.48x0.55 (frozen)
left Wing
weight 1,290 G fat Good
wing length 41.7 cm span 145.5 cm
pr. length 10 29.4cm 7 28.0 cm
9 30.3cm 6 26.2
8 29.7 cm 5 24.3
tail length 15.2 cm
tarsus L 6.51 toes in 4.81 mid 6.55 out 6.24 0.59
head length 12.91 cm
bill length 6.15 post nares 3.65
bill width 1.34 gape 3.47
bill depth gonys 2.19 ant 2.18 post 2.00
brood patches 3 downy
bill color 2.5Y 7/10 spot [illegible] 10 R 5/16
eyering color 10 YR 8/1
irides 5 Y 8/2 ; Pigment 10 YR 4/2
light, diffuse blotches upper 1/3, 3 in lower 1/3
legs 5 R 7/4
remarks shot off boat; frozen whole. Some black in
subterminal bill tip. Stomach full of medium size
fish bones. 2 frozen tissue nabs taken.
1 large, 1 small. Few segmented worms in
intestines.