Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 22. (ca. 1799). Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40. / https://ansp.org/research/library/archives/0000-0099/coll0040/
Additional Source Text:
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) wrote, in his 22nd Lecture (ca. 1799): "528. It is called the little black duck. The head, neck & breast black; back speckled with black and white; under parts of the body white; wings light brown finely speckled with white; tail light brown, & short." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Notes:
The species remains unidentified, and there is no indication of where the specimen was collected.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Unidentified duck
Current Scientific Name
Anatidae | Unidentified
