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587
Gibney
1931
MARBLEO MURRELET Brachyramphus
marmoratus
May 15 - Seymour Narrows - Several pairs
of small dark birds that very closely
resembled this species were seen!
Sometimes they dove & sometimes they
took flight.
May 18 - See log for route! - present
Today at odd times in pairs or triplets
Summer plumage. Flew or dove with
remarkable rapidity.
May 19 - By Strait - many present
Flying & swimming. Sometimes dove,
Sometimes flew when boat came
within 75-100 yds. Generally
in pairs.
May 21 Unalaska Bay, Unalaska Is., Alaska
Saw only a few - Sailors brought in
a mutilated specimen, looked like
Kittlitz's Murrelet