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| | | | Exposed |
SUBSPECIES | No. | Wing | Tail | culmen | Tarsus
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_H. c. teraokai_ | 17 | 113 | 76 | 45 | 14
| | (110-116) | (72-81) | (41-52) | (13-16)
| | | | |
_H. c. orii_ | 9 | 111 | 80 | 44 | 16
| | (109-116) | (78-83) | (42-45) | (15-16)
| | | | |
_H. c. albicilla_ | 17 | 116 | 81 | 46 | 16
| | (109-119) | (78-84) | (42-49) | (14-17)
| | | | |
_H. c. owstoni_ | 3 | 115 | 81 | 44 | 17
| | (114-116) | (80-82) | (42-45) | (16-17)
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_Specimens examined._--Total number, 53 (25 males, 28 females), as
follows: Palau Islands, USNM--Garakayo, 3 (Sept. 20)--Peleliu, 14
(Aug. 27, 29, 30, 31, Sept. 1, 5, 6, Nov. 7); AMNH--exact locality
not given, 36 (Oct., Nov., Dec.).
_Food habits._--Unlike _H. cinnamomina_, _H. chloris_ obtains much
of its food by fishing in inland waters or in tidal flats and
lagoons. It does, however, obtain terrestrial foods also. Stomachs
of birds taken by the NAMRU2 party at Palau contained insects,
fish, crab, and shrimp. One stomach contained 3 cc. of fragments of
crab, another 2 cc. of shrimp and other crustacea, and another 2
cc. of grasshoppers. Marshall (1949:210) records the house mouse as
a food of this bird.
_Parasites._--Uchida (1918:483) records the bird louse
(Mallophaga), _Docophorus alatoclypeatus_, from this bird at
Palau. Bequaert (1939:82 and 1941:290) lists the fly
(Hippoboscidae), _Ornithoica pusilla_, from _H. c. teraokai_.
_Remarks._--The White-collared Kingfisher at Palau is a showy and
conspicuous bird. It cannot be classed as a forest bird but seems to
prefer openings and marginal woodlands. Its range does not overlap that
of the secretive and inconspicuous _H. cinnamomina pelewensis_, which
prefers the denser forests. In 1945, the NAMRU2 party found _H. c.
teraokai_ to be numerous in the cleared battle areas at Peleliu and
Angaur. A favorite perch of this bird was the telephone lines, from
which a number of our specimens were shot. Usually the bird was observed
singly; occasionally two birds were found together. A pair was seen in
copulation on August 29. The call of this bird, a loud and harsh rattle,
is noticeably different from the low rasping note of _H. c. pelewensis_.
Coultas found _H. c. teraokai_ to be numerous in 1931. He comments
(field notes) that the bird frequents salt water areas, especially the
mangrove swamps. He noted the bird fishing at the outer reef.
=Halcyon chloris orii= Takatsukasa and Yamashina