DIVING BIRDS 



■23. Marbled Murrelet. Brachyramphus marmoratui 



Range. — North Pacific Coast, 

 breeding from Vancouver Is- 

 land. South in winter to south- 

 ern California. 



In the breeding plumage, 

 this bird is brownish black 

 above, barred with rusty and 

 below is marbled with brownish 

 gray and white. Its nesting 

 habits and eggs are very similar 

 to those of the Ancient Murre- 

 let, they placing their single 

 eggs in holes in the ground or 

 crevices among the cliffs. Size 

 2.20 x 1.40. Data.— Chichagof Is., 



Buff 

 Alaska, June IS, 1898. Single egg in crevice 



on face of cliff. Large colony breeding in company with Ancient Murrelets. 



24. Kjttlitz Murrelet. Brachyramphus brevirostris. 



Range. — North Pacific Coast in the Aleutian Islands and north to Unalaska, 



breeding on isolated islands 

 throughout its range. This spe- 

 cies is very similar to the Mar- 

 bled Murrelet, the chief differ- 

 ence being in the hill which is 

 shorted. They have been found 

 ?t breeding on the same islands 



with the preceding species. 

 Their single white egg is laid 

 in crevices in the cliffs. Size 

 2.40 >. 1.30. Data.— Sanak Is., 

 Alaska. June 25. 1890. Nest in 

 a hollow under a bunch of rank 

 matted grass. .Many ancient 

 P.urrelets breeding on the same 

 Islands. Collector. Capt. Tilsmi. 



White 



25. Xantus Murrelet. Brachyramphus hypoleucu 



Range. — Resident along the coast of southern and 1 



This bird is blackish above and entire- 

 ly white below, inculding the sides of 

 the head below the eye. The whole of 

 the under surface of the wing is also 



white. They breed on 1 1 ;■ | i hinds 



from Santa Barbara southward. The sin- 

 gle egf i laid at the end Hi' a burrow 

 or in crevices among the rocks, it is a 

 pale buiiy white in color and thickly, bul 

 finely dotted over the whole surface with 

 purplish brown, and with some larger 

 ' he larger 'Mid. Sise 2.05 v l . 10. 

 Data. Galapagos I slands, March 2, L901. 

 No q< t. Single egg laid in a crevice in 

 the rocks. I lollector, Rollo 1 1. B< 



iOwer California. 



