Navbar-right vs pull-right

Demonstrates a problem where navbar-right is aligned to the extreme right. Workaround is pull-right

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.3/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<header class="container">
    <div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
        <div class="navbar-header"> <a href="." class="navbar-brand">Brand</a>
        </div>
        <!--<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">-->
        <ul class="nav navbar-nav pull-right">
            <li class="nav"><a href=".">Item 1</a>
            </li>
            <li class="nav"><a href=".">Item 2</a>
            </li>
            <li  class="nav"><a href=".">Item 3</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
          
    </div>
</header>