RINGED KINGFISHER 



aa. Smaller, length not over 215 mm. (8.50 in.); upper 

 parts dark metallic green. 



b. Under parts mainly white. 



c. Chest chestnut 



Chloroceryle americana isthmica, male 



cc. Two bands of dark greenish spots across breast . . 

 Chloroceryle americana isthmica, female 



bb. Under parts mainly orange chestnut with gray 

 band across breast in female only. 



c. Larger, length about 215 mm. (8.50 in.) 



Chloroceryle inda 



cc. Smaller, length about 132 mm. (5.20 in.) 



Chloroceryle a. anea 



i. Megaceryle torquata torquata (Linnaeus) 

 Ringed Kingfisher 



Streptoceryle torquata torquata RIDGWAY, Birds of N. 

 and M. Amer., VI, p. 409, 1914; STONE, Proc. Phila. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 251. 



Length 380 mm. (15.00 in.); tail 121 mm. 



(475 in.)- 



Male. Head crested. Dark bluish gray 

 above with a white collar, a white spot before 

 eye and one on lower eyelid; throat white; sides 

 of foreneck bluish gray, rest of underparts 

 chestnut; under wing coverts white. 



Female. Similar to male but foreneck and 

 chest bluish gray, and a white band crossing 

 upper breast; under wing coverts chestnut. 



Common about the Lake and seashore. Call 

 quite similar to that of M. a. alcyon. Easily 

 recognizable by its large size, and mostly chest- 

 nut underparts. 



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