202 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 
Thripophaga cherriEi' Berlepsch & Hartert. 
Thripophaga chcrrici 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 ])leasure 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 lovi^er throat, the upper breast and the sides of the head show a 
narrow and sharj) 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. 
Tlie 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.' 
'.^s I believe, the type (an adult female), anda male taken at the same time, are stillthe 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 olivaceo, corpore subtus cum capitas lateribus clariore fulvescente olivaceo brunneo. cello inferiore, 
pectore capitisque lateribus striis angustis definitis fulvescenti-albis instructis, macula magna in gula 
superiore intense aurantio-rufa. alls extus obscure castaneo-brunneis. Cauda tectricibusque supracau- 
dalibus obscure castaneis. tectricibus subalaribus cinnamomeis remigibus intus fulvo-brunneo marginatis; 
ma.\illa pedibusque cornels, mandibula fl^vescente. 
d al. 67. caud. 68. culm. 14M. tars. 19 mm. 
65. ■■ 14M. " i8>j mm. 
