[Field guide] [1935-1940]
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19 /2.2 Kingfisher $0'2 Halcyon chloris canacorum Brasil Range.- New Caledonia, Maré, Lifu, Uvea. Description.- Similar to the Kingfisher of the New Hebrides, but more buffy underneath and duller and more greenish above; very similar to the sacred Kingfisher of Australia. Habitat.- Near the beach (?), forest, native gardens (?) Collecting.- A good series, although the birds from the Loyalty Islands are apparently not different from the New Caledonian race. Maré ZEY-ZEY