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Transcription
D. A. Bell
1988
Catalog
172423
DAB
Larus occidentalis wymani
235 Location Mouth of Big Creek, Reserve, Monterey Co., Calif.
Big Creek Reserve
255 Date April 26, 1988
Sex ♂♀ 11 ova > 3 mm.
Weight 800 G Fat none
skeleton +
Rt. Wary
Wing length 38.4 cm (left) Span / 37.8 cm
Pr. length 10 28.0 cm (w) 7 25.9 cm
9 28.1 6 24.6 cm
8 27.2 5 22.8 cm
Tail length 14.5 cm
Tarsus (L) 5.59 (L) Toes: in: 4.26 mid: 5.68 out: 5.48 H? 0.48
Head length 11.93 cm
Bill length 5.19 post. nares: 3.24 cm
Bill width 1.20 gape: 2.89 cm
Bill depth Gonys: 1.95 ant. post.
nares: 1.90 nares: 1.73 cm
Brood patches All feathered.
Bill color 10 YR 7/12 Spot SR 5/12
Eyering color 10 YR 7/12 + corners
Irides 5 Y 8/3 Pigment 10 YR 2/1 LEFT: Heavy, blotchy lower 1/2
RIGHT: Scattered blotches throughout.
Legs 5 RP 6/6
Remarks Trapped on beach. Stomach full of barnacles
2 tissue vials + 1 blood vial taken
Alular: LW - RW: +