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White Breasted Wood Swallow

Drawn by F.-N. Martinet (1731-1800) for Daubenton, E. L. Planches enluminées d’histoire naturelle (1765-83). Tome 1, Plate 9. Paris, France. Smithsonian Libraries & Biodiversity Heritage Library (QL674.M385 1765) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109376#page/27/mode/1up

IMAGE INFORMATION

White-breasted Woodswallow (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

By 1799

Primary Source Reference:

Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 15. (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 15th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 107. Lanius Leucorhynchos Linn. White-bellied Shrike, Lath. Longraien Buff." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

White-breasted Woodswallow

Current Scientific Name

Artamidae | Artamus leucorhynchus