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Range. — Coasts and islands of the North Pacific. Breeds from 

 Bering Strait south to Aleutian Islands; winters from Aleutian and 

 Commander islands south to Washington and Japan ; casual at Point 

 Barrow, Alaska. 



Genus SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS Brandt. 



Synthliboramphiis Brandt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-P4tersb., II, 

 1837, 347. Type, by subs, desig., Alca anbiqua Gmelin (Gray, 1840). 



Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin). Ancient Murrelet. [21.] 



Aka antigua Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 554. ("West of North 

 America to Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands.") 



Range. — Coasts and islands of the North Pacific. Breeds from 

 Aleutian Islands to Near Islands, and from Kamchatka to Commander 

 Islands; winters from the Aleutians south to San Diego, California, 

 and to Japan; accidental in Wisconsin. 



Genus BEACHTBAMPHTTS Brandt. 



Brachyram'phus Brandt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-P6tersb., II, 1837, 

 346. Type, by subs, desig., Colymbus marmoratus Gmelin (Gray, 

 1840). 



Subgenus BRACHTBAMFHUS. 



Brachyramplius marmoratus (Gmelin). Marbled Murrelet. [23.] 



Colymbus marmoratus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 583. (Prince 

 William Sound, Alaska.) 



Range. — Coasts and islands of the North Pacific. Breeds from 

 Unalaska and Kadiak islands south to Vancouver Island; winters 

 south to San Diego, California. 



Brachyramplius brevirostris (Vigors). Kittlitz's Murrelet. [24.] 



Uria brevirostris Vigors, Zool. Journ., IV, No. xv, 1829, 357. ("San 

 Bias, Mexico" = North Pacific.) 



