ORDER PYGOPODES. 9 



[B 734, 736, C 627, R 753, 759, C 864, 870.] 



Geog. Dist. — Coasts and islands of the North Pacific, from 

 southern Vancouver Island and Japan northward. Accidental in 

 Wisconsin. 



Genus BRACHYRAMPHUS Brandt. 



Brachyramphus Brandt, Bull. Ac. St. P^tersb. II. 1837, 346- 

 Type, Colymbus marmoratus Gmel. 



23. Brachyramphus marmoratus (Gmel.). 



Marbled Murrelet. 



Colymbus marmoratus Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 583. 

 Brachyramphus marmoratus Brandt, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. II. 

 1837, 346. 



[B 732, 733, C 629, R 755, C 866.] 



Geog. Dist. — Coasts and islands of the North Pacific ; on the 

 American coast from San Diego northward, and breeding as far 

 south as Vancouver Island. 



24. Brachyramphus kittlitzii Brandt. 



Kittlitz's Murrelet. 



Brachyramphus kittlitzii Brandt, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. II. 1837, 

 346. 



[B 735, C 630, R 756, C 867.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern Japan, Kamchatka and Aleutian Islands, 

 east to Unalaska. 



25. Brachyramphus hypoleucus Xantus. 



Xantus's Murrelet. 



Brachyrhamphus hypoleucus Xantus, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 Nov. 1859, 299. 



[B— C— , R7S7, C868.] 



Geog. Dist. — Coasts of southern and Lower California, from 

 Santa Barbara Island to Cape St. Lucas. 



