Larus californicus, Gull egg

Description:

One of three California gull (Larus californicus) eggs (CBE1457-CBE1459) collected from "The Sump" in Klamath county, Oregon by S.G. Jewett in May 1932. Jewett described the nesting birds as "in colony of over 300 pairs."

Original set mark: 2/3; Jewett 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

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• Collection: Ornithology Collection
• Object Name: Marine Birds
• Object Id: CBE1459

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