——O eer ele 
HALCYON. 323 
285. HALCYON CHLORIS (Boddaert). 
WHITE-COLLARED KINGFISHER. 
Alcedo chloris BopDAERT, Tabl. Pl. Enl. (1783), 49. 
Halcyon chloris SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 17, 273, pl. 7, fig. 
3; Hand-List (1900), 2, 60; Oates and ReErpD, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1903), 
3, 41; McGrecor and WoRCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 55. 
Sauropatis chloris BLANFORD, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1895), 3, 135, fig. 38 
(head). 
Ti-ca-rol’’, Bohol; ba-ca-ca, Cagayancillo; tac-ca-rit, Ticao. 
Bantayan (McGregor); Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Steere, Everett, Steere 
Eap., Bourns & Worcester) ; Batan (McGregor) ; Bohol (Everett) ; Bongao (Hve- 
rett) ; Cagayancillo (McGregor) ; Cagayan Sulu (Guillemard) ; Calamianes (Bourns 
& Worcester) ; Caluya (Porter) ; Camiguin N. (McGregor) ; Camiguin 8S. (Murray) ; 
Catanduanes (Whitehead) ; Cebu (Murray, Meyer, Everett, Bourns & Worcester, 
McGregor) ; Cuyo (McGregor) ; Dinagat (Everett) ; Fuga (McGregor) ; Guimaras 
(Meyer, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Leyte (Hverett, Steere Exp.) ; 
Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Steere Hxp., Bourns & Worcester, 
Whitehead, McGregor) ; Maestre de Campo (McGregor €& Worcester) ; Marinduque 
(Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Steere, 
Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, Good- 
fellow); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, 
Porter), Negros (Layard, Steere, Everett, Keay, Bourns & Worcester) ; Palawan 
(Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Murray, 
Steere Hxp., Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (McGregor); Samar (Steere Hxp., 
Bourns & Worcester) ; Semirara (McGregor & Worcester); Sibay (McGregor & 
Worcester) ; Sibutu (Hverett) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Siquijor 
.(Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Guwillemard, Bourns & Worcester, Eve- 
rett); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester) ; Ticao 
(McGregor); Verde (McGregor); Y’Ami (McGregor). Aru, Moluecea, 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 
brown; bill black except a wedge-shaped space on lower mandible which 
is pale yellow or dirty white. A male from Cagayancillo measures: 
Length, 240; wing, 105; tail, 70; culmen from base, 50; tarsus, 13. A 
female from Bohol: Length, 246; wing, 107; tail, 71; culmen from base, 
525; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 27. 
Young.—Immature birds have the feathers of breast, sides of neck and 
breast, and sometimes the white 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 
