BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 15 



Mr. Mathews has recently reduced this species to a subspecies of 

 Pisobia minuta; 1 but, as it seems to me, judging from the well- 

 characterized differences between the two in summer plumage, upon 

 quite insufficient grounds. 



ACTITIS HYPOLEUCA (Linnaeus). 



[Tringa] hypoleucos Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 149 (Sweden). 



One adult male, No. 170931, U.S.N.M., from Pulo Siantan, August 

 24, 1899. Length, 199.5 mm.; "feet pale greenish." Doctor 

 Abbott says that the species was common along the beach. He 

 noted it also on Pulo Telaga, September 14-15, 1899. 



A series of some 80 specimens of this species in the United States 

 National Museum, covering all parts of its range, seems to show 

 that there are no recognizable subspecies. Careful comparison of 

 these specimens fails to reveal any difference in either size or color 

 between birds from western Europe and those from eastern Asia, 

 notwithstanding their great geographical separation. Hence, the 

 eastern form, Actitis hypoleuca aurita (Latham), recently somewhat 

 hesitatingly recognized by Mr. Mathews, 2 can not be maintained. 



Family OEDICNEMIDAE. 



* ORTHORHAMPHUS MAGNIROSTRIS (Vieillot). 



Oedicnemus magnirostris Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vol. 23, 1818, p. 231 

 (Geoffroy MS.) (no locality). 



Recorded from the Anamba Islands by C. B. Kloss. 3 

 Family LARIDAE. 



THALASSEUS BERGII PELECANOIDES (King). 



Sterna pelecanoides King, Surv. Intertropical and West Coasts Aust., vol. 2, 

 1827, p. 422 (Australia). 



Two specimens are in the collection, both nearly adult, but showing 

 still some immaturity in the whitish crown, brown primaries, and 

 a few brownish feathers in the wing-coverts. One of these birds 

 (No. 171029, U.S.N. M.) is molting some of the wing-quills. 



Male, No. 171010, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Mata, August 28, 1899. Length 

 470 mm. "Bill dirty yellow; iris dark brown; feet black.'' 



Male, No. 171029, U.S.N.M. ; Pulo Kelong, August 30, 1899. Length 

 444.5 mm. ''Bill greenish yellow; feet black, soles pale fleshy." 



Both of these examples belong unquestionably to the race inhabit- 

 ing the East India Islands. For a discussion of the status of this 

 form, as well as for the use of the generic name TJialasseus, consult the 

 writer's recent paper on TJialasseus bergii.* 



» Birds Australia, vol. 3, Aug. 18, 1913, p. 250. 



2 Idam, pp. 216-219. 



3 Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc, No. 41, January, 1904, p. SO. 

 * Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 49, Dec. 23, 1915, pp. 515-526. 



