ORDER PYGOPODES. 9 



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



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

 southern Vancouver Island and Japan northward. Accidental in 

 Wisconsin. 



Genus BRACHYRAMFHUS 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. P^tersb. 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. 



KittUtz's Murrelet. 



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

 346- 



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



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. 



