Larus californicus, Gull egg
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Description:
One of three California gull eggs that were collected from "The Sump" (see CBE1457 - CBE1459). The incubation period was well started and the collector was sure of their identification. The nesting birds were "in colony of over 300 pairs," (Jewett slip).
Original Set Mark: 2/3 Jewett Collection
Sprunt Egg Collection
- Site: OR; Klamath Co.
- Site Number: NH60I
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Holocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Charadriiformes
- Family: Laridae
- Genus: Larus
- Species: Larus californicus
- Collection: Ornithology Collection
- Object Name: Marine Birds
- Object Id: CBE1457
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