J- ^ THE /austral AVIAIN 

 ««"^* " RECORD./ 



A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL DEVOTED PRIMARILY 

 TO THE STUDY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AVIFAUNA. 



Vol. II., No. 1. August 2nd, 1913. 



CONTENTS. 



Coloration of the Palate and Pharynx . . 



Additions ... to my Reference List . . 



Mattingleya inornata (Ramsay) 



New Genera and Species 



Some Interesting Birds in the Vienna Museum 



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THE COLORATION OF THE PALATE AND 

 PHARYNX OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 



By J. Burton Cleland. 



An examination of the mouth-cavities of Australian birds 

 wiU reveal, in certain families and genera, a tendency to 

 marked coloration. The chief departures from the 

 ordinary flesh-colour of this part consist in black and 

 grey tints {Acanthiza, Aphelocephala) and in yellow or 

 orange (many Meliphagidce). In cases where the bill is 

 highly or unusually coloured, the pigmentation may 

 extend to the palate and even pharynx, as in Geopelia 

 humeralis, Hcematopus fuliginosus, Myiagra rubecula and 

 M. nitida, and Monarcho, melanopsis. 



The only Cuckoo examined, Cacomantis flabelliformis, 

 has a vividly-coloured pharynx, varying from orange to 

 pink. The Petroecas have yellowish throats, apparently 

 a generic feature. In six species of Acanthiza, the. 

 pharynx is dark to black — again a generic point. An 

 anomalous result, requiring confirmation, is seen in 

 Pachycephala rujiventris, \ vhere, in the male, this part i& 



c,M\.THSO,v 



AUG 1 7 1982 



