Field notes, v637
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Doug Bell Catalog 172465 DAB 276 Skeleton+ Right Wing Larus occidentalis wymani location East Anacapa Island, Ventura Co., Calif. date 3 May 1988 sex ♀ 3 ova > 7mm; 5 ova > 3 mm; Enlarged oviduct. weight 860 G fat Heavy wing length L 38.0 cm span 131.5 /29.5 cm pr length 10 27.5 cm 7 25.7 cm 9 28.2 cm 6 23.8 8 27.5 cm 5 22.2 tail length 14.8 cm tarsus (L) 5.79 cm toes in 3.94 mid 5.34 out 5.30 0.55 head length 11.01 cm bill length 5.04 cm post nares 3.03 cm bill width 1.05 cm gape 2.72 cm bill depth gonys 1.76 ant 1.71 post nares 1.58 cm brood patches: 3 bill color 2.5 Y 7/12 spot 5 R 5/12 eyering color 10 YR 7/12 + corners irides 2.5 Y 8/4 Right. 10 YR 3/3 - Heavy, blotches lower-½. legs SRP 6/4 remarks trapped off 3-egg nest. Stomach full of aluminum wrappers & a 2" x ½" piece of clear glass. Left wing: claw alular lump; Right Wing: alular lump. 2 frozen tissue vials taken from bird, not frozen until ca. 4 hrs after death, and 1.5 hours after removal from bird. Eggs: 276 A 6.98 x 4.76 cm, 81.0 Gms; 276 B 7.10cm x 4.68 cm 82.0 gms. 276-C: 47.4 x [illegible] 81.0 gms 6.74 x 4.77 cm