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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