DIVING BIRDS 
23. Marbled Murrelet. Brachyramphus marmoratus. 
Range. — North Pacific Coast, 
breeding from Vancouver Is- 
land. South in winter to south- 
ern California. 
In the breeding plumage, 
this bird is brownish black 
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 Ancient Murre- 
let, they placing their single 
eggs in holes in the ground or 
crevices among the cliffs. Size 
2.20 x 1.40. Data. — Chichagof Is., Alaska, June 18, 1898. Single egg in crevice 
on face of cliff. Large colony breeding in company with Ancient Murrelets. 
24. Kittlitz Murrelet. Brachyramphus brevirostris. 
Range.- — North Pacific Coast in the Aleutian Islands and north to Unalaska, 
breeding on isolated islands 
throughout its range. This spe- 
cies is very similar to the Mar- 
bled Murrelet, the chief differ- 
ence being in the bill which is 
shorted. They have been found 
breeding on the same islands 
! with the preceding species. 
Their single white egg is laid 
in crevices in the cliffs. Size 
2.40 x 1.30. Data.— Sanak Is., 
Alaska, June 25, 1890. Nest in 
a hollow under a bunch of rank 
matted grass. Many ancient 
W] .. Burrelets breeding on the same 
Islands. Collector, Capt. Tilson. 
25. Xantus Murrelet. Brachyramphus hypoleucus. 
Range. Resident along the coast of southern and Lower California. 
This bird is blackish above and entire- 
ly white below, moulding the sides 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 sin- 
gle egg is laid at the end of a burrow 
or in crevices among the rocks. It is a 
pale huffy white in color and thickly, but 
finely dotted over the whole surface with 
purplish brown, and with some larger 
spots at the larger end. Sine 2.05 v 1.40. 
Data. — Galapagos Islands, March 2, 1901. 
No nest. Single egg laid in a crevice in 
the rocks. Collector, Rollo H. Beck. 
Pale Blue 
