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Hutleviatini;' (lif;'lit, during wliicli il utters a, loud, noisy cry of rlicli, 

 rh."!!., (■h''i, clu'h, i-]ii'h, i-lu-li. It ii;is auothei' note, uttered wliile sit- 

 ting — a rather melodious ti'iU of /:r-r-r-r-r or rlir-r-r-r. 



82. Saurcpatis chloris ( IkxUl. ). The Whiio-cullnrcd 



Kiiii/fis/ti'r. 

 « a 

 Siamese, wn nuiUUQ — Nok kin-plo. 



S<.i(iij)(iiis (/,/(iii.-\ Ulaiii'dril Faun. Biit. Imliii. Birds, iii (18'.)ri), p. 13.'> 

 ll<ilri/ini hiiiiii'i, Ogilvio-Giaiit, Fasc. Jlalav. /o(.l., iii (IDO.S), j). 111. 

 //iilri/iiii (iiwIniiK//, lioliiiisuii and Kl()s.<, II. is, ii»ll,[i. 34: Roliinsoii 



.loinn F. M S.' JMiis., v, p. 146 (lltl5). 

 //i,/r,/(„i rhl(>ii.% Roliinsnii, Ibis, 1915, p. 731 ; i<l. ^>'W■\^. F. .M S. Mils., 



vii.'p. I4il (1917). 

 Iliiliiiiiii i/il(ir/y 'iniistninij/', ( i\ Ideustoipi' 191G. p. 117. 



■ Description, i.engtii about 241 luui. (9..) in.). Crown, nape 

 and sides of head to below the eye bluish green — thi^ ear-cowrts some- 

 tiuies black ; a white streak above the lores, extending bank above tlie 

 eye ; a broad white collar ; upper back and scaiiulars dull bluish green 

 to greeuish blue ; lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts liriglit 

 blue ; upper surface of tail and of outer webs of wing-feathers deep 

 lilue. souietinies witli a slight greenish tinge ; (juills, excejit on the 

 outer webs, blackish, as is also the lower surface of the tail-feathers ; 

 entire uuder-surface of body, including the wing-lining, white, some- 

 times faintly tinged with buff. 



Iris dark brown. lTp))er mandible, and tip and edge of lowei-, 

 dark horn-colour ; remainder ot lower mandible pinkish white ; legs 

 and feet |)lnaibeous to brownish i)luiubeous. Claws horn-colour. 



Diittiilni.don. This species occurs only in the coastal regions of 

 tlie conntrj', from Patani in the South-west to the South-eastern lim- 

 its of Siamese territory, as well as on the Western side of the Mal.iy 

 I'eninsula. 



As Robinson has shown, there is no justification for tlie attempts 

 which have been made to divide up this species into various races. 

 The specimens I have e.xaniined bear out his contention that the 

 variations on which tiicse races have been founded are individual and 

 not local. 



jrahit.i, ttv. In Bangkok 1 have observed the White-collared 

 Kingfisher from .January to Se))tember, and it is exceedingly abundant 

 from March to June, during which time it is very much in evidence. 



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