George Cherrie

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The crew of the Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition, v. l. To the right: Zahm , Rondon , K. Roosevelt , Cherrie, Miller, four Brazilians, Roosevelt , Fiala

George Kruck Cherrie (born August 22, 1865 in Knoxville , Iowa , † January 20, 1948 in Newfane , Vermont ) was an American scientist and explorer.

Live and act

In the course of his life he participated in nearly forty expeditions in South and Central America , including the famous Roosevelt-Rondon expedition in the Amazon basin .

Cherrie immortalized his experiences in his memoirs ( Dark Trails: Adventures of a Naturalist, 1930 ).

Dedication names

The following dedication names are known.

In Cyanerpes caerulea cherriei von Berlepsch & E. Hartert , 1902 is synonymous with the Purple Honeycreeper subtype ( Cyanerpes caeruleus microrhynchus ( von Berlepsch , 1884)), in Myadestes genibarbis cherriei Ridgway , 1905 is a synonym for the Bartklarino subtype ( Myadestes genibarbis montanus Cory , 1881) and in Ostinops Cherrieanus Bertoni , 1901 a synonym for the red rump cassike ( Cacicus haemorrhous ( Linnaeus , 1766)).

Publications (selection)

  • Exploraciones Zoologicas efetuadas en laparte meridional de Costa Rica par las anos de 1891-92 . In: Anales del Instituto Físico Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica . tape 4 , 1893, p. 133–148 (Spanish, sinabi.go.cr [PDF; 9.7 MB ]).
  • An Apparently New Chordeiles from Costa Rica . In: The Auk . tape 13 , no. 2 , 1896, p. 135–136 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 81 kB ]).
  • Some apparently undescribed birds from the collection of the Roosevelt South American Expedition . In: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . tape 35 , no. 17 , 1916, pp. 183–190 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 759 kB ]).
  • Two new birds from Venezuela . In: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . tape 35 , no. 22 , 1916, pp. 389 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 82 kB ]).

literature

  • Arnoldo de Winkelried Bertoni: Aves nuevas del Paraguay. Continuación á Azara . Tallers Nationales de H. Kraus, Ascuncion 1901 (Spanish, biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Charles Barney Cory: Description of Two New Species of Birds from San Domingo . In: The Auk . tape 12 , no. 3 , 1895, p. 278–279 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 74 kB ]).
  • Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch, Ernst Hartert: On the Birds of the Orinoco region . In: Novitates zoologicae: a journal of zoology in connection with the Tring Museum . tape 9 , no. 1 , 1902, pp. 1-135 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Frank Michler Chapman: Diagnoses of apparently new Colombian birds . In: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . tape 33 , no. 12 , 1914, pp. 167–192 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 2.7 MB ]).
  • Nils Carl Gustaf Fersen Gyldenstolpe: On a new spine-tail from east Ecuador, together with some notes on the forms of the Synallaaris rutilans group . In: Arkiv för zoologi . 21A, no. 25 , 1930, pp. 1-20 .
  • Ernst Hartert, Arthur Goodson: Notes and descriptions of South American Birds . In: Novitates zoologicae: a journal of zoology in connection with the Tring Museum . tape 24 , no. 2 , 1917, p. 410-419 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Theodore Sherman Palmer : Obituaries - George Kruck Cherrie . In: The Auk . tape 68 , no. 2 , 1951, p. 260–261 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 337 kB ]).
  • Robert Ridgway: Description of two supposed new species of swifts . In: Proceedings of the United States National Museum . tape 16 , no. 420 , 1893, pp. 43-44 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Robert Ridgway :: Descriptions of seven new species and subspecies of birds from Tropical America . In: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . tape 47 , no. 8 , 1905, pp. 112-113 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Michler Chapman (1914), p. 183.
  2. ↑ Ernst Hartert u. a. (1917), p. 414.
  3. ^ Charles Barney Cory (1895), p. 279.
  4. ^ Robert Ridgway (1893), p. 44.
  5. ^ Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch a. a. (1902), p. 72.
  6. ^ Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch a. a. (1902), p. 60, plate 12 Figure 2.
  7. ^ Nils Carl Gustaf Fersen Gyldenstolpe (1930), p. 3.
  8. ^ Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch a. a. (1902), p. 16.
  9. ^ Robert Ridgway (1905), p. 112.
  10. ^ Arnoldo de Winkelried Bertoni (1901), p. 82.
personal data
SURNAME Cherrie, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cherrie, George Kruck (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American scientist and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Knoxville
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1948
Place of death Newfane (Vermont)