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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 BRANDT. 



Synthliboramphus BRANDT, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Petersb., II, 

 1837, 347. Type, by subs, desig., Alca antiqua GMELIN (Gray, 1840). 



Synthliborampmis antiquus (GMELIN). Ancient Murrelet. [21.] 



Alca antiqua GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 554. ("West of North 

 America to Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands.") 



RANGE. 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 BRACHYEAMPHUS BRANDT. 



Brachyramphus BRANDT, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pe"tersb., II, 1837, 

 346. Type, by subs, desig., Colyrribus marmoratus GMELIN (Gray, 

 1840). 



SUBGENUS BRACHYEAMPHUS. 



Brachyramphus marmoratus (GMELIN). Marbled Murrelet. [23.] 



Colymbus marmoratus GMELIN, 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 brevirostris (VIGORS). Kittlitz's Murrelet. [24.] 



Uria brevirostris VIGORS, Zool. Journ., IV, No. xv, 1829, 357. ("San 

 Bias, Mexico" = North Pacific.) 



