Auks, Murres and Puffins 



16. Cassin Auklet. (Ttycoramphus aleuticus). L. 



9. Ads. A white spot above eye; above blackish; 

 throat and breast grayish; belly white. Notes. A 

 shrill, squealing "Come bear-r-r, come bear-r-r." 



Range.— "Pacific Coast of North America from Aleutian Islands to 

 Lower California;breeding south to San Geronimo Island (Lat. 30 )." 

 (A. O. V.) 



23. Marbled Murrelet (Brachyrampbus marmoratus). 

 L. 9.7. Ads. , summer. No crest; above dark brown, 

 finely mixed with rusty; below white, all feathers edged 

 with brown. Winter. Wholly different; above gray; 

 head dark; below white; a nearly complete white 

 nuchal collar. Yng. Similar to winter ad. but blacker 

 above; sprinkled with blackish below. 



Range. — North Pacific; breeds from Vancouver north to Aleutian 

 Islands; winters south to southern California. 



24. Kittlitz Murrelet (Bracbyrampkus brevirostris) . 

 L. 9.5; B., from feathers on top, .4. Ads., summer. 

 Above gray, mottled with buff; breast and sides mottled 

 with buff and black; belly white. Winter. Sides of head, 

 to above eye, and lower parts white; above gray; outer 

 tail-feathers white. 



Range. — Northern Japan. Kamchatka and Aleutian Islands, east to 

 Unalaska. (A. O. U.) 



25. Xantus Murrelet (Brachyrampbus bypoleucus). 

 L. 10. Bill slender. Ads. Above slaty black; under 

 surface of wing white; inner webs of outer primaries 

 white. 



Range. — Pacific Coast from Monterey south to Cape St. Lucas; 

 breeding as far north as Santa Barbara Island. 



26. Craveri Murrelet {Bracbyramphus craveri). 

 L. 10. Bill slender. Ads. Above slaty or brownish 

 black; sides slaty; under surface of wings dusky, some- 

 times mixed with white. 



Range. — Coasts of Lower California, from Cape St. Lucas north 

 to Espiritu Santo Island in the Gulf of California, and to Natividad 

 Island (lat. 28 °) on the Pacific side. (A. O. U.) 



34. Dovekie {Alle alle). L. 8. Ads., summer. 

 Above blackish; inner wing feathers tipped with white; 

 throat and breast blackish brown. Winter. Similar, 

 but throat and breast white or mixed grayish. 



Range — North Atlantic and East Arctic; in America breeds from Lat. 

 68 ° northward; winters south to Long Island, rarely to Virginia. Ac- 

 cidental in Michigan. 



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