Young.—A specimen taken in Sibuyan indicates that the young male resembles the adult female.
“A deep-woods form, usually seen perching in trees at a considerable distance from the ground, though it goes to the ground to feed. On being surprised when feeding it flies up into the trees at once. This kingfisher seems to be fully possessed of the idea that it can sing, and may often be seen at early morning or dusk, perched 15 meters above the ground, and squawking away as if life depended on it.
“Familiarity with its habits and its note enabled us to procure it in many islands where it was not previously known. It is, however, a difficult bird to shoot at the best.
“Iris dark brown; legs and feet light greenish olive, sometimes yellowish olive; nails black; bill black except base of lower mandible which is usually white; tip of bill sometimes white; food, beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, and grubs.
“Eight males average, 247 in length; wing, 98; tail, 74; culmen, 51; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 23. Thirteen females, length, 250; wing, 100; tail, 74; culmen, 52; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 24.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
285. HALCYON CHLORIS (Boddaert).
WHITE-COLLARED KINGFISHER.
- Alcedo chloris Boddaert, 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 Reid, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1903), 3, 41; McGregor 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 Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Batan (McGregor); Bohol (Everett); Bongao (Everett); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Cagayan Sulu (Guillemard); Calamianes (Bourns & 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 & Worcester); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Steere, Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, Goodfellow); 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 Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (McGregor); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Semirara (McGregor & Worcester); Sibay (McGregor & Worcester); Sibutu (Everett); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester, Everett); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor); Y’Ami (McGregor). Aru, Molucca, Tenimber, Lesser Sunda, and Sula Islands, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Mysol.