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North American Birds Eggs. 



23. Marbled Murrelet. Brii- 

 chyramphiis muriiwratiiK. 



Range.— North Pacific Coast, 

 breeding from Vancouver Island. 

 South in winter to goutliern Cal- 

 ifornia. '' 'J\ J 



In the lireeding plumage, i, '•.. 

 this bird is f)rownish blacl< 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 yVncient Murrelet, they plac- 

 ing their single eggs in holes in 

 the ground or crevices among 

 the "cliffs. Size 2.20 x 1.40. 

 Data.— Chichagof Is., Alaska, .lune 18, 1898 

 cliff. Large colony breeding in company with i- 



24. Kittlitz Murrelet. 



» .- s. 



[lUlff.l 



Single 

 incien 



egg 1 

 t Mur 



n crevice on face of 

 relets. 



/-Snifliijnnnpliiix brerirostrh. 



Range. 



I Whit 



matted grass. 

 Capt. Tilson. 



Many 



North Pacific Coast in 

 the Aleutian Islands and north to 

 Unalaska, breeding on isolated 

 islands throughout its range. 

 This species is very similar to 

 the Marbletl Murrelet, the chief 

 difference Ijeingin the liill which 

 is shorter. They have been 

 found breeding on the same 

 islands with the preceding 

 species. Their single wdiite egg 

 is laid in crevices in the cliffs. 

 Size 2,40 x 1.30. Data.-Sanak 

 Is., Alaska, June 25,1899. Nest in 

 a hollow under a bunch of rank 

 ancient Murrelets breeding on same island. Collector, 



25. Xantus Murrelet. lirachyritmphiix hypolcm-us. 



Range. — Resident along the coasts of southern and Lower California. 



This bird is blackish above and entirely . . 



white below, including the sitles 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 single 

 egg is laid at the end of a l)urrow or in 

 crevices among the rocks. It is a pale 

 hut^y white in color and thickly, but 

 finely dotted over the whole surface with '*"•' ^ ^ 



purplisli lirown, and with some larger 

 spots at the larger end. Size 2.0-5 x 1.40. '" ,"L^ 



Data.— Galapagos Islands, March 2,1001. "^* 



No nest. Single egg laid in a crevice in the 

 rocks. Collect(jr, Rollo H. Beck. I'"'''"^ ' 





