Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1828
Notes:
Four years before publishing his account of this species, Bonaparte (1824: 388–389, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 4) wrote in his original description of Transvolcanic Jay, A. ultramarina: "… the most closely allied species is certainly the Florida Jay, (Corvus floridanus, Bartr.) very perfect specimens of which have just been brought home by Mr. T. Peale, amongst other valuable objects of Natural History. Mr. T. Peale has drawn on the spot that fine bird, which was not noticed by Wilson; and his drawing will embellish the second volume of my American Ornithology." It is therefore notable that the caption at the bottom of Plate 14 of Bonaparte's work states that the Florida Jay was "Drawn from Nature by A[lexander] Rider" - not Titian Peale. / https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AFKPEJIASN54OC8L/pages/AW4VWM7T…
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Florida Scrub-Jay
Current Scientific Name
Corvidae | Aphelocoma coerulescens
