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North American Birds Eggs. 



23. Marbled Murrelet. Bra- 



chyramphus iiutrmordtiii^. 



Range.— North Pacific Coast, 

 breeding from Vancouver Island. 

 South in winter to southern Cal- 

 ifornia. 



In the l)reeding plumage, 

 this bird isl)rownish black above, 

 barred with rusty and below is " %. - , "^ . ■" •% " v ' •'. 



marbled with brownish gray and ■ , . ' _^. 



white. Its nesting habits antl • " . " , 



eggs are very similar to those of ' < , • * " ■ 



the Ancient Murrelet, they plac- 

 ing their single eggs in holes in 



the ground or crevices among ii;nit 



the ' cliffs. Size 1^20 x 1.40. 



Data.— Chichagof Is., Alaska, June 18, 18L)8. Single egg in crevice on face of 

 cliff. Large colony breeding in company with Ancient Murrelets. 



24. Kittlitz Murrelet. Brarhyramphui^ brevirostris. 



Range.— North Pacific Coast in 

 the Aleutian Islands and north to 

 Unalaska, breeding on isolated 

 islands throughout its range. 

 This species is very similar to 

 the Marbled Murrelet, the chief 

 difference being in the bill which 

 is shorter. They have been 

 found breeding on the same 

 islands with the preceding 

 species. Their single white egg 

 is laid in crevices in the cliffs. 

 Size 2.40 x 1.80. Data.-Sanak 

 (White.] Is., Alaska. June 25,1809. Nest in 



a hollow under a Itunch of rank 



matted grass. Many ancient Murrelets breeding on same island. Collector, 



Capt. Tilson. 



25. Xantus Murrelet. Brachyramplmx fiypolcacus. 

 Range. — Resident along the coasts of southern and Lower California. 



This bird is blackish above and entirely 

 white below, including the sides of the , - '' ' -• -. 



head below the eye. The whole of the ' - 



under surface of the wing is also white. y , 

 They breed on the coast islands from 

 Santa Barbara southward. The single 

 egg is laid at the end of a burrow or in 

 crevices among the rocks. It is a pale 

 buffy white in color and thickly, but 

 fineiy dotted over the whole surface with 



purplish brown, and with some larger . ^. -. 



spots at the larger end. Size 2.05 x 1.40. "^ ^>" v^*-*.^: 



Data.— Galapagos Islands, March 2,1901. ."i>¥^-''' 



No nest. Single egg laid in a crevice in the 

 rocks. Collector, Rollo H. Beck. "''•'' '^""•' 



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