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{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. {Fannin.) Abundant in Burrard inlet, B.C., in April, 

 1889 ; shot on Barclay sound, Vancouver island, August, 1887. 

 {Macov.n.) Common in the bay at Douglas, B.C., April, 1906. 

 ( Spreadboroug h . ) 



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. {Nelson.) 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. {Turner.) 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. {Turner.) 



XIII. CEPPHUS Pallas. 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 



