=====================+==========+==========+=========+=========+======== | | | | Exposed | SUBSPECIES | Number | Wing | Tail | culmen | Tarsus ---------------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+-------- _H. c. cinnamomina_ |31 males | 102 | 77 | 37 | 15 | | (96-105) | (73-83) | (35-39) | (14-17) | | | | | |25 females| 102 | 79 | 38 | 15 | | (99-106) | (74-84) | (35-38) | (14-17) | | | | | _H. c. pelewensis_ | 5 males | 89 | 61 | 39 | 14 | | (88-89) | (58-64) | (38-40) | (13-14) | | | | | | 4 females| 88 | 64 | 39 | 14 | | (88-89) | (61-67) | (38-39) | (13-14) | | | | | _H. c. reichenbachii_|14 males | 99 | 74 | 41 | 16 | | (96-101) | (72-77) | (39-43) | (16-17) | | | | | |15 females| 100 | 74 | 41 | 16 | | (96-102) | (71-76) | (39-42) | (15-17) ---------------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+-------- _Weights._--The NAMRU2 party obtained the following weights: 11 adult males, 56-62 (59); 10 adult females, 58-76 (66). _Specimens examined._--Total number, 72 (40 males, 32 females), as follows: Mariana Islands, USNM--Guam, 38 (Feb. 14, 24, March 8, May 25, 26, 30, June 2, 3, 4, 6, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 28, 29, July 6, 7, 10, 18, 20, Aug. 24, 30, Nov. 19); AMNH--Guam, 34 (Jan., Feb., March, April, July, Aug., Sept., Nov., Dec.). _Nesting._--In 1945, the NAMRU2 party found the kingfisher nesting in the months of March, April, May, and July. Nests were placed in hollows of trees, usually ten or more feet above the ground. On April 3, a nest was found in a banyan tree approximately 25 feet above the ground in a hollow limb. There were two entrances to the nest cavity and both the male and female were observed to feed the young. They did not enter the hollow but placed food in the protruding beaks of the young; the parents and nestling both were exceedingly noisy throughout most of the feeding period. On July 8, McElroy found a nest containing two white eggs, partly incubated, in a cavity of a felled coconut palm at Agfayan Bay.