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bare brood patches" at Unalaska on August 8, 1924, and he saw 

 a murrelet at Adak Island, but he was doubtful of identification. 

 There is no information on the nesting of the marbled murrelet 

 beyond Unalaska Island. 



Brachyramphus brevirostre: Kittlitz's Murrelet 



Glacier Bay has been shown to be the center of abundance of 

 the Kittlitz's murrelet (Grinnell 1909), but of course it occurs 

 much farther west and north. 



Actual records for the Kodiak-Afognak Islands are not at 

 hand, though the birds undoubtedly have occurred there. Osgood 

 (1904) mentions three specimens taken by McKay near Nushagak, 

 April 3, 1883, and Jaques (1930) obtained a specimen at Port 

 Moller, June 6, 1928. Laing (1925) obtained a male in full winter 

 plumage at Chignik Bay on March 22, 1924, and on July 27, 

 1925, I took a specimen in Isanotski Strait. Stevenson obtained 

 a specimen there on August 3, and obtained one in Izembek Bay 

 on June 17. 



It is of interest here to note that a specimen was taken on 

 June 21, 1933, at Goodnews Bay, north of Alaska Peninsula, 

 which was recorded by Friedmann (1934). 



Nelson (1887) obtained a specimen at Unalaska the last of 

 May 1877; Turner (1886) obtained one there on April 24, 1879, 

 and says that they are not rare at Amchitka and Atka, though 

 he obtained no specimens at the latter places. He quotes natives 

 as saying that this species occurs throughout the year at Sanak 

 Island. 



On June 9, 1937, I collected a pair of Kittlitz's murrelets in 

 Massacre Bay, Attu Island. The female had brood patches, and 

 dissection showed that egg laying had taken place. The Attu 

 chief knew this species and said that it nests on Attu and Agattu 

 but does not winter there. According to him, the birds build a 

 nest similar to that of kittiwakes, on ledges of cliffs, and lay 

 two eggs. 



According to Turner's information from natives (1886), "The 

 nest is placed among the roots of the large tussocks of grass on 

 the edges of bluffs and cliff ledges." He stated that the birds lay 

 a single pure white egg. 



F. E. Kleinschmidt (Thayer 1914) also refers to a white egg 

 when he quotes Chester A. Reed, the data of Capt. Tilson : "Kitt- 

 litz Murrelet — a pure white egg found in a hollow under a bunch 

 of rank matted grass on Sanak Island, June 25, 1899." 



In May and June 1913, Kleinschmidt collected eggs of this bird, 



