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RanGE.— Coasts and islands of the North Pacific. Breeds from 
Bering Strait south to Aleutian Islands; winters from Aleutian and 
Commander islands south to Washington and Japan; casual at Point 
Barrow, Alaska. 
GENUS SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS Branpt. 
Synthliboramphus Branpt, Bull. Sei. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersb., IT, 
1837, 347. Type, by subs. desig., Alca antiqua GMELIN (Gray, 1840). 
Synthliboramphus antiquus (GMELIN). Ancient Murrelet. [21.] 
Alca antiqua Gmeuin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 554. (“West of North 
America to Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands.’’) 
RanGeE.— Coasts and islands of the North Pacific. Breeds from 
Aleutian Islands to Near Islands, and from Kamchatka to Commander 
Islands; winters from the Aleutians south to San Diego, California, 
and to Japan; accidental in Wisconsin. 
GENUS BRACHYRAMPHOUS Branpt. 
Brachyramphus Branpt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersb., II, 1837, 
346. Type, by subs. desig., Colymbus marmoratus GMELIN (Gray, 
1840). 
Suscenus BRACHYRAMPHUS. 
Brachyrémphus marmordtus (GMELIN). Marbled Murrelet. [23.] 
Colymbus marmoratus Gmrutin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 583. (Prince 
William Sound, Alaska.) 
RanGe.— Coasts and islands of the North Pacific. Breeds from 
Unalaska and Kadiak islands south to Vancouver Island; winters 
south to San Diego, California. 
Brachyramphus breviréstris (Vicors). Kittlitz’s Murrelet. ([24.] 
Uria brevirostris Vicors, Zool. Journ., IV, No. xv, 1829, 357. (‘San 
Blas, Mexico’? = North Pacific.) 
