320 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
282. HALCYON GULARIS (Kuhl). 
WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER. 
Aleedo gularis Kun, puttolM@nd Daubenton, Fg. Av. Col. Nom. Syst. 
(1820), 4. 
Halcyon gularis SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 17, 227; Hand- 
List (1900), 2, 56; Oares and ReEtp, Cat. Birds’ Eges (1903), 3, 38; 
McGregor, Bur. Govt. Labs. (1905), 34, 13, pl. 11; McGrecor and 
WorcEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 54. 
Til-ma-ma-noc’, Manila. 
Basilan (Bourns & Worcester); Bohol (McGregor); Caluya (Porter); Cebu 
(Meyer, Bverett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Guimaras (Steere 
Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Leyte (Everett); Libagao (Porter); Lubang (Me- 
Gregor) ; Luzon (Hverett, Steere Dap., Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, McGre- 
gor); Maestre de Campo (McGregor & Worcester); Marinduque (Steere Exp.) ; 
Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Mindanao (Murray, Everett, 
Steere Hxap., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, Goodfellow); Mindoro (Steere Bxp., 
Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Porter); Negros (Steere, Layard, 
Keay, Everett, Steere Bxp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead) ; Panaon (Hverett) ; 
Panay (Murray, Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Steere Eap., 
Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead) ; Sibay (Porter) ; Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, 
Celestino) ; Tablas (Bourns & 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 throat pure white; remainder of under parts chestnut, a 
little hghter than crown ; basal part of primaries blue on outer web, 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 H. coromandus nor even 
H. chloris frequents streams. We can not agree with him. All three of 
the species are frequently found along streams, and H. gularis 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, while nearly as 
broad as long, are quite abruptly pointed at the smaller end. They 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 
