262 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 



THRIPOPHAGA CHERRiEi 1 Berlepsch & Hartert. 



Thripophaga cherriei Berlepsch & Hartert, Novit. Zool. IX. 1902. p. 60 



(Capuano, Orinoco River). 



The male and female specimens on which this species is based were 

 collected Feb. 5, 1899, at a small Piaroa Indian settlement called 

 Capuano on the opposite side of the Orinoco and about twenty-five miles 

 above the mouth of the river Vichado. The species had not been ob- 

 served on subsequent expeditions. 



H. von Berlepsch further says : 



"This new species, which we have great pleasure to name after its 

 discoverer, Mr. G. K. Cherrie, seems to be quite distinct from any 

 species described hitherto. In its uniform upper surface it lesembles 

 somewhat Th. fusciceps Scl. from Bolivia; but it is a much smaller bird, 

 and has a dark orange-rufous mark on the upper part of the throat 

 wanting in that species. 



"The upper parts of the body in the new species are of a dark 

 olivaceous brown with a rufescent tinge, which is not observable on the 

 pileum, this being of a paler olivaceous brown. The under parts of the 

 body are of a much clearer olivaceous brown with a fulvescent tinge. 

 The lower throat, the upper breast and the sides of the head show a 

 narrow and sharp creamy buff stripe in the middle of each feather, 

 which is widening a little to the tip of the feather. The large mark on 

 the upper throat is of a dark orange rufous color. The upper surface 

 of the wings is of a dark but vivid rufous brown. The tail, with the 

 upper tail-coverts, is of a bright chestnut. The under wing-coverts are 

 cinnamon, and the inner margins of the remiges are fulvous brown. 

 The upper mandible and the legs are dusky brown, the under mandible 

 is yellowish. 



"Capuano: $ adult in much worn plumage, 9 5. ii., '99. 



" 'Iris wood-brown ; feet sage-green ; bill above dusky smoke-grey, 

 below pale grey.' 



JAs I believe, the type (an adult female), anda male taken at the same time, are still the only specimens 

 in existence in museums, I reproduce herewith the original description: 



"Thripophaga cherriei, sp. nov. (PI. XII, f. 2). 



_ "Thr. corpore supra obscure rufescente olivaceo-brunneo, absque striis vel maculis, pileo pallidiore 

 magis olivacep, corpore subtus cum capitas lateribus clariore fulvescente olivaceo brunneo, collo inferiore, 

 pectore capitisque lateribus striis angustis definitis fulvescenti-albis instructis, macula magna in gula 

 superiore intense aurantio-rufa, alis extus obscure castaneo-brunneis, cauda tectricibusque supracau- 

 dalibus obscure castaneis, tectricibus subalaribus cinnamomeis remigibus intus, f ulvo-brunneo marginatis; 

 maxilla pedibusque corneis. mandibula flavescente. 



c? al. 67, caud. 68, culm. I4K. tars. 19 mm. 

 " 66, " 65, " I4K. " i8K mm. 



"Habitat: circum Capuano, Rio Orinoco. 

 Typus: in Mus. H. von Berlepsch (cf 5. ii. '99)." 



