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282. HALCYON GULARIS (Kuhl). 

 WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER. 



Alccdo gitlaris Kuhl, Buffon and Daubeiiton, Fg. Av. Col. Nom. Syst. 

 (1820), 4. 



Halcyon gularis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 17, 227; Hand- 

 List (1900), 2, 56; Gates and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 38; 

 McGregor, Bur. Govt. Labs. (1905). 34, 13. pi. 11; McGregor and 

 Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 54. 



TH-tnu-)na-noc', JNIanila. 



Basilan {Bourns d Worcester) ; Bohol {McGregor) ; Caluya {Porter); Cebu 

 (Meyer, Everett, Hteere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Guimaras {Steere 

 Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Leyte (Everett); Libagao (Porter); Lubang (Mc- 

 Gregor) ; Luzon (Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead, Boiirns d Worcester, McGre- 

 gor) ; Maestre de Campo (McGregor d Worcester) ; Marinduque (Steere Exp.) ; 

 Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Mindanao (Murray, Everett, 

 Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Celestino, Goodfellotc) ; Mindoro (Steere Exp., 

 Schmacker, Bourns d Worcester, McGregor, Porter) ; Negros (Steere, Layard, 

 Keay, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead) ; Panaon (Everett) ; 

 Panay (Murray, Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Samar (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead) ; Sibay (Porter) ; Siquijor (Bourns d Worcester, 

 Celestino) ; Tablas (Bourns d Worcester) ; Ticao (McGregor) ; Verde (McGregor) . 



Adult. — Entire head, neck, and sides of face deep chestnut; scapulars 

 bright blue; back and rump more silvery cobalt-blue; a large patch on 

 chin and upper tliroat pure wliite; remainder of under parts chestnut, a 

 little lighter than crown ; basal part of primaries blue on outer wel), white 

 on inner web; distal part black; alula and primary-coverts blue; second- 

 ary-coverts black; edge of wing and axillars chestnut; tail blue above 

 and black below. When the specimen is held away from the light the 

 blues become green. Iris dark brown ; bill and legs bright red ; nails 

 black. A male from Bohol measures: Length, 280; wing, 124; tail, 80; 

 culmen from base, 62; tarsus, 15. A female from Mariveles measures: 

 Length, 286 ; wing, 124 ; tail, 83 ; culmen from base, 63 ; tarsus, 14. 



"Steere states that neither this species nor //. coromandu>^ nor even 

 //. chloris frequents streams. We can not agree with him. All three of 

 the species are frequently found along streams, and //. guJarix is usually 

 found along fresh-water streams. It sometimes feeds in dry open country, 

 however. Several nests of this species were found by us at various times. 

 They were invariably placed in the mud nests of white ants, and consisted 

 of mere tunnels, without lining of any sort. The eggs are pure white 

 and highly polished. Two eggs before us are nearly spherical, measuring 

 28.5 by 26.4 and 28.9 by 26.9, respectively. Six others, wliile nearly as 

 broad as long, are quite abruptly pointed at the smaller end. Tliey meas- 

 ure, 30.9 by 27.6; 31.4 by 28.7; 30.9 by 25.9; 32.5 by 28.9; 30.9 by 27.9. 



"H. gularis has the legs and feet red, bill red, nails black, iris dark 



