NO. 2276. REVISION OF SAUROPATIS CHLORIS—OBERHOLSER. 361 



SAUROPATIS CHLORIS COLLARIS (Scopoli). 



Alcedo coUaris Scopoli, Del Flor. et Faun. Insubr., pt. 2, 1786, p. 90 (Philip- 

 pine Islands ; based on Le Martin Pdcheur a collier blanc des Philip- 

 pines, Sonnerat, Voyage Nouv. Guin., 1776, p. 67, pi. 33). 



JSubspecific cTiaracters. — Similar to Sauropatis chloris chloris, but 

 averaging smaller; upper surface of male more greenish, rather 

 brighter, lighter, less inclined to brownish; blackish nuchal collar 

 narrower or obsolete ; and exposed surface of wing-quills more green- 

 ish blue, and thus less contrasted with the interscapulum ; auriculars 

 usually green; female with upper parts more greenish (less bluish) ; 

 blackish nuchal band narrower, more overlaid with greenish, and 

 thus less conspicuous; wings more greenish (less bluish); and au- 

 riculars more greenish (less blackish). 



Measurements. — Male: Total length (in flesh), ^ 248-256 mm.; ex- 

 tent.^ 388-400; wing,^ 102-110 (average, 106) mm.; tail, 63-72 (67.4) ; 

 exposed culmen, 41-48 (44.2) ; tarsus, 15-17.5 (16).- 



Female:^ Wing, 98.5-112.5 (average, 106.2) mm.; tail, 62-74 

 (67.9) ; exposed culmen, 41-45.5 (43.2) ; tarsus, 15.2-17 (16.1). 



Both sexes:* Wing, 98.5-112.5 (average, 106.1) mm.; tail, 62-74 

 (67.6) ; exposed culmen, 41^8 (43.8) ; tarsus, 15-17.5 (16). 



Type locality. — Manila, Luzon Island, Philippine Islands.^ 



Geographic distribution. — Philippine Islands, north to the Batan 

 Islands, west to the islands of Luzon, Mindoro, Galamianes, and 

 Palawan; south to the islands of Palawan, Cagayan Sulu, Bongao, 

 Tawi Tawi, and Mindanao; east to Mindanao Island, Samar Island, 

 and the island of Luzon. 



Remarks. — This is a well-differentiated race, particularly as com- 

 pared with Sauropatis chloris chloris. Doctor Hartert's statement^ 

 that the ear-coverts in this form are nearly always greenish like 

 the crown, hardly ever blackish, is borne out by the males of our large 

 series, since in a large majority of the specimens of this sex now 

 available the auriculars are at most only slightly, and that posteri- 

 orly, blackish. The narrower, sometimes even obsolete black nuchal 

 band is also an excellent character. 



From Sauropatis chloris forsteni this subspecies is distinguishable 

 by its longer bill ; and, in the male, by reason of its more greenish 

 (less blackish) auriculars, less conspicuous, more greenish (less 

 blackish) nuchal band, and rather lighter upper surface; in the fe- 

 male by reason of somewhat lighter, less olivaceous (more greenish) 

 upper parts, narrower and more greenish dark nuchal band, more 

 greenish ear-coverts, and more buffy-washed sides and flanks. 



' Two specimens. 



* Twenty-eight specimens, from the Philippine Islands. 

 » Eighteen specimens, from the Philippine Islands. 



* Forty-six specimens, from the I'hiilppine Islands. 

 ' Here first definitely restricted. 



» Novlt. Zool., vol. 11, No. 1, Mar. 25, 1904, p. 198. 



