Long-distance vagrancy is common in seabirds, particularly among the petrels of the order Procellariiformes (Bourne 1967). Records of such vagrancy in the Alcidae also are numerous and have involved many species (e.g., Bent 1919, Grinnell 1938, Porsild 1943, Salomonsen 1944, Munyer 1965, Nero 1968, Sealy et al. 1971, Roberson 1980, Pitman et al. 1983). The nominate subspecies of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus marmoratus) regularly occurs inland up to 75 km from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of North America (Carter and Sealy 1986), but these occurrences represent normal use of its inland nesting areas. Long-distance vagrancy in this species was not detected until 1979, but, over the next 10 years, 10 specimens of the Asiatic subspecies (B. m. perdix) were taken and three other Marbled Murrelets were observed at widespread localities across North America. Four specimen records have been published (Jehl and Jehl 1981, Mumford 1982, Sealy et al. 1982, Hoffman and Woolfenden 1988). In this paper, we document six other inland occurrences of B. m. perdix and examine all records to attempt to explain the possible causes of Asian birds in North America.