( 40 ) 



(Nos. 9731, 10001, 10U12, 11368, 113»4, 11414, 11439, 11519, 11577, 11591, 

 11637, 11917 Cherrie coll.) 



Saapure, Canra R. : <f 28. x. 1900. 



" Iris light yellow, feet grej-isli white, bill bkck, margius of maxilla aud liase 

 of mandible whitish " (S. M. Klages). 



130. Hapalocercus meloryphus (Wied). 



Euscarthmus meloryphus Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. iii. (1831) p. 947 (Minas— Bahia). 



Ciudad Bolivar : 16. xii. '98 (Klages legit). "Iris browu ; feet black; bill 

 maxilla browu ; maudible greyish white tiuged with piuk." 



Al. 40, caud. 40J, culm. lOJ, tars. 19| mm. 



137. Habrura pectoralis brevipennis subsp. nov. 



[Sylvia pectoralis Vieill., Nouv. Diet. xi. (1817) p. 210 (ex Azara — Paraguay).] 



H. H. pectoralis dictae simillima sed alis eaudaque brevioribus distiugueuda : 



al. 41|, caud. 36, calm. 9;^, tars. 15 mm. Habitat in Venezuela : Orinoco et in Brit. 



Guiana: Roraima. Typus in Mus. Tring, S Q. d. Caicara, Cherrie legit no. 10835. 

 Quiribaua de Caicara ; "cJ" ad. 26. iv. '98. " Iris seal ; feet slate-black ; bill 



black above, slate below." 



The Orinoco skins, as well as many specimens collected on the Roraima by the 



late H. Whitely, which were examined by Berlepsch, have remarkably shorter 



wings aud somewhat shorter tails than specimens from Matogrosso, Uruguay aud 



Cordova (Argentina), with which they were compared. In the coloration no 



difference whatever is observable between the two forms. 



138. Serpophaga orenocensis sp. nov. 



S. corpore snpra obscure brunuesceute olivaceo-viridi, stria superciliari a naribus 

 usque ad oculi angnlum posteriorem, plumis snbocularibus meutoque albis ; corpore 

 subtus flavo : gula pectoreque snperiore in speciminibus plurimis plus minusve 

 fulvo lavatis, pectoris lateribus olivaceo adumbratis, abdomine laete flavo ; tectricibus 

 alarum mediis et maximis uigro-brunueis, apice flavesceuti-albo margiuatis vel 

 maculatis (itaque alis bifasciatis), rectricibus externis pogonio externo toto 

 rectricumque omnium marginibus apicalibus flavesceuti-albis, tertiariis quoque 

 flavescenti-albo marginatis, rostro pedibusque nigrescentibus. 



Obs. — »S. 8. suhjiava Scl. dictae ut videtnr maxime affiuis, sed alis eaudaque 

 lougioribus et gula pectoreque (pro usu) fulvo tinctis distiugueuda. 



SS al. 55-51, caud. 55-50A, culm. 10-9^, tars. 18^ mm. 



? „ 5U „ 52 j „ 10 „ 16i „ 



S. sub/lava Scl. Pard ; al. 47, caud. 47, culm. 9|, tars. 15J mm. 



Habitat : in vieinitate fl. Oriuoco dicti. 



Ti/pus in Mus. H. v. B. : S Altagracia 31 i. '98. Cherrie no. 9910. 



Quiribana de Caicara : ? 26. iv. 



Caicara : c? 4. vii., ? 28. vi. 



Altagracia: c? c? 22, 18. xi., 15. xii., 13, 31. i., 5. ii., ? ? 0. xii., 15. i., 27. i. 



Mundnapo : (S 23. ii. '98. " Iris smoke-grey ; iris fawn-colour ; iris pale 

 sepia ; iris straw-yellow ; feet and bill black ; feet slate." 



(Nos. 1101, 8701, 8785, 9108, 9231, 9»67, 9709, 9844, 9910, 10018, 10834, 

 11046, 11201, 12081 Cherrie coll.) 



This api)areiitly new species seems to be most nearly related to S. subfiava Scl. 



