HALCYON. 323 



285. HALCYON CHLORIS (Boddaeit). 



WHITE-COLLARED KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo chloris Boddaeet, Tabl. PI. Enl. (1783), 49. 



Halcyon chloris Shabpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 17, 273, pi. 7, fig. 



3; Hand-List (1900), 2, 60; Gates and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903). 



3, 41; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 55. 

 Saurspatis chloris Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1895), 3, 135, fig. 38 



(head). 



Ti-caroV, Bohol; ba-ca-ca, Cagayancillo ; tac-carit, Ticao. 



Bantayan (McGregor) ; Banton (Celestino) ; Basilan (Steere, Everett, 8teere 

 Exp., Boxirns d Worcester) ; Batan (McGregor) ; Bohol (Everett) ; Bongao (Eve- 

 rett) ; Cagayancillo (McGregor) ; Cagayan Sulu (Guillemard) ; Calamianes (Bourns 

 d Worcester) ; Caluya (Porter) ; Camiguin 'N. (McGregor) ; Camiguin S. (Murray) ; 

 Catanduanes (Whitehead) ; Cebu (Murray, Meyer, Everett, Bourns & Worcester, 

 McGregor) ; Cuyo (McGregor) ; Dinagat (Everett) ; Fuga (McGregor) ; Guimaras 

 (Meyer, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Leyte (Everett, Steere Exp.) ; 

 Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, 

 Whitehead, McGregor) ; Maestre de Campo (McGregor d Worcester) ; Marinduque 

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

 Everett, Koch d Schadenherg, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Celestino, Good- 

 fello'w) ; Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns d Worcester, McGregor, 

 Porter), Negros (Layard, Steere, Everett, Keay, Bourns d Worcester) ; Palawan 

 (Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns d Woicester, White) ; Panay (Murray, 

 Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Romblon (McGregor) ; Samar (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns d Worcester); Semirara (McGregor d Worcester); Sibay (McGregor d 

 Wo-rcester) ; Sibutu (Everett) ; Sibuyan (Bourns d Worcester, McGi'egor) ; Siquijor 

 {Bourns d Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns d Worcester, Eve- 

 rett); Tablas (Bourns d Worcester) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns d Wwcester) ; Ticao 

 (McGregor) ; Verde (McGregor) ; Y'Ami (McGregor) . Aru, Molucca, Tenimber. 

 Lesser Sunda, and Sula Islands, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Mysol. 



Adult. — Forehead and crown greenish blue, set off by a black line 

 which begins at lores, passes under eye to ear-coverts and meets it fellow 

 on hind neck; this followed by a white collar; a spot of white behind 

 each nostril ; wings, back, rump, and tail blue ; scapulars greenish blue 

 like crown; rump and upper tail-coverts lighter and bluer; tail, primaries, 

 and secondaries deeper blue; under parts all white; tail and wings 

 blackish; wing-lining and axillars white; sexes alike in color. Iris dark 

 ))rown; bill l)lack except a wedge-shaped space on lower mandible which 

 is pale yellow or dirty white. A male from Cagayancillo measures: 

 Length, 840; wing, 105; tail, 70; culmcn from base, oO; tarsus, 13. A 

 female from Bohol: Length, 246; wing, 107; tail, 71; culmen from base, 

 52; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 27. 



Young. — Immature birds have the feathers of hi-oast. sides of neck and 

 i>reast, and sometimes the wiiite collar, edged with black or dusky brown 

 forming crescentic marks on the breast. 



"The commonest of Philippine kingfishers. Frequently observed 

 perching on native houses in villages and very common in coconut groves. 

 Not infrequently found fishing along small fresh-water streams in the 



