BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 5 
Mr. Mathews has recently reduced this species.to a subspecies of 
Pisobia minuta;* 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 LinNaxEvs, 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 Kurope 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,’ can not be maintained. 
Family ORDICNEMIDAE. 
* ORTHORHAMPHUS MAGNIROSTRIS (Vieillot). 
Oedicnemus magnirostris Viertor, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., vol. 23, 1818, p. 231 
(Geoffroy MS.) (no locality). 
Recorded from the Anamba Islands by C. B. Kloss.’ 
Family LARIDAE. 
THALASSEUS BERGII PELECANOIDES (King). 
Sterna pelecanoides Kine, 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 Thalasseus, consult the 
writer’s recent paper on Thalasseus bergu.* 
1 Birds Australia, vol. 3, Aug. 18, 1913, p. 250. 
2 Idem, pp. 216-219. 
8 Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc., No. 41, January, 1904, p. 80. 
4 Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 49, Dec. 23, 1915, pp. 515-526. 
