DIVING BIRDS 



23. MARBLED MURRELET. Brachyramphus marmoratus. 



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Range. North Pacific Coast, 

 breeding from Vancouver Is- 

 land. South in winter to south- , . f , 

 ern California. /L : 



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 Buffi 



crevices among the cliffs. Size 



2.20 x 1.40. Data. Chichagof Is., Alaska, June IS, 1898. Single egg in crevice 

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



24. KITTLITZ 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 bill which is 

 shorted. They have been found 

 IL breeding on the same islands 

 |p with the preceding species. 

 Their single white egg is laid 

 in crevices in the cliffs. Size 

 2.40 x 1.30. Data. Sanak Is., 

 Alaska, June 25, 1890. Nest in 

 a hollow under a bunch of rank 

 matted grass. Many ancient 

 Burrelets breeding on the same 

 Islands. Collector, Capt. Tilson. 



25. XANTUS MURRELET. Brachyramphus hypoleucus. 



Range. Resident along the coast of southern and Lower California. 



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 the coast islands 

 from Santa Barbara southward. The sin- 

 gle 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 

 finely dotted over the whole surface with 

 purplish brown, and with some larger 

 spots at the larger end. Sise 2.05 v 1.40. 

 Data. Galapagos Islands, March 2, 1901. 

 No nest. Single egg laid in a crevice in 

 the rocks. Collector, Hollo H. Beck. 



Pale Blue 



