2, MCT 3408.
Ulu Balung: [Female], July 18, 1963, ADG 209; [Male], July 18, 1963,
ADG 208. Kinabatangan Agricultural Station: [Female], October 13, 1963,
ADG 305. 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female], October 10, 1962, MCT 2996.
This trogon of the primary forest was second in abundance only to
_H. diardi_.
_=Halcyon concreta=_ (Temminck): Chestnut-collared
Kingfisher.--_Specimens_, 2: 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Male], November 8,
1962, MCT 3222; [Female], November 8, 1962, MCT 3223.
This kingfisher was netted near a small stream in the deep primary
forest. Another individual was obtained in moss forest at an
elevation of 4,000 feet at Tenom, but was discarded.
_=Halcyon chloris chloroptera=_ (Oberholser): White-collared
Kingfisher.--_Specimens_, 4: 9.5 mi. E Tawau: [Female] largest ovum 3
mm., 61.7 gm., July 29, 1962, MCT 2683; [Male] testis 5 x 4 mm., 60.3
gm., July 29, 1962, paired with 2683. Telipok: [Female], February 9,
1963, G. R. Conway; [Female], February 10, 1963, G. R. Conway.
This is a bird of the sea coast. It was seen at Tawau, Siamil
Island, and Karindingen Island.
_=Halcyon sancta sancta=_ (Vigors and Horsfield): Sacred
Kingfisher.--_Specimen_, 1: Cocoa Research Station: [Male], June 17,
1963, ADG 147.
The specimen was taken along the Apas River in scrubland near the
river. One previously was recorded from North Borneo, this from
Labuan (Smythies, 1957:660). He (1963:278) saw another at Bauto on
the Labuk River.
_=Halcyon pileata=_ (Boddaert): Black-capped Kingfisher.--_Specimens_,
3: Tenom: [Male], January 1, 1963, MCT 3564. Pintasan Agriculture
Station: [Female], October 18, 1963, ADG 322; [Male], October 11, 1963,
ADG 301.
The specimen from Tenom was caught in a net in the scrub-grassland
association. The others were taken along the Kinabatangan River.
_=Pelargopsis capensis fraseri=_ Sharpe: Stork-billed
Kingfisher.--_Specimens_, 2: Telipok: [Male], February 9, 1963, TM 30.
Mt. Rumas: [Male], April 16, 1963, ADG 53.
This species was common along the lower reaches of the Kalabakan
and Brantian rivers and in the mangroves near Tawau.
_=Alcedo atthis bengalensis=_ Gmelin: Common Kingfisher.--_Specimen_, 1:
Pintasan Agriculture Station: [Female], October 12, 1963, ADG 304.
I saw this kingfisher once along the Apas River at Quoin Hill and
again along the beach at Siamil Island.
_=Alcedo euryzona euryzona=
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