Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Notes:
Wilson was evidently unaware of Peale's Lecture manuscript, because he wrote in his account of the Whip-poor-will, in American Ornithology vol. 5 (1812: 78): "Tho this noted bird has been so frequently mentioned by name, and its manners taken notice of by almost every naturalist who has written on our birds, yet personally it has never yet been described by any writer with whose works I am acqainted. Extraordinary as this may seem, it is nevertheless true; and in proof I offer the following facts." / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175520#page/93/mode/1up
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Current Scientific Name
Caprimulgidae | Antrostomus vociferus
