CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. PAL 
(A. J. Stone.) Found in small flocks in Sitka bay, Alaska. (Dr. 
Bean.) One adult male taken at Orca, Prince William sound, 
Alaska. (Grinnell.) An abundant resident along the coast of 
British Columbia ; breeds on Vancouver island and on some of 
the smaller islands in the Gulf of Georgia and on inlets of the 
mainland. (#anmn.) Abundant in Burrard inlet, B.C., in April, 
1889 ; shot on Barclay sound, Vancouver island, August, 1887. 
(Macoun.) Common in the bay at Douglas, B.C., April, 1906. 
(Spreadborough.) 
24. Kittlitz Murrelet. 
Brachyramphus brevirostris, ViGORS 1828. 
The first example of this rare bird known to exist in any 
American museum was secured by the writer in Unalaska harbour 
the last of May, 1877. (WVelson.) One specimen was obtained 
April 24th, 1879 at Iliuliuk village, Unalaska island—said by 
the Indian who brought it to me to be abundant throughout the 
year at Sannak island, breeding there: not rare on Amchitka 
island and in the neighbourhood of Old harbour, on Atka island, 
Aleutian islands. (Zurner.) One adult male in breeding plumage 
was taken by Stone opposite Homer, Alaska, 1903. This capture 
»ppears to extend the known range of this species some 700 
miles to the eastward, it apparently not having been previously 
recorded east of Unalaska. (Chapman.) Three specimens of this 
rare murrelet were taken by C. L. McKay at Point Etolin, near 
Nushagak, Alaska, April 3rd, 1883. (Osgood.) 
BREEDING NotEs.—The native who brought me the specimen 
mentioned above told me the bird laid a single pure white egg. 
The nest is placed amongst the roots of the large tussocks of 
grass on the edges of bluff and cliff ledges. (Zurner.) 
XIII. CEPPHUS Partas. 1769. 
27. Black Guillemot. 
Cepphus grylle (LINN.) BREHM. 1831. 
This species is common along the Atlantic coast from the Bay 
of Fundy (Chamberlain ; Downs) northward to Newfoundland 
(Reeks), and very numerous on both coasts of Greenland, and 
