Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 33. (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 33rd Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 1492. Cerl Bunting. Cirlus Linn. Bruant de Haye Buff. pl. enl. 653. f. 1. 2. Inhabits France & Itally." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Peale wrote, in "A Walk Through the Philad[elphi]a Museum" (1805–1806): "Here we see the … Cerl-bunting (E. Cerlus) … They inhabit Europe generally." (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Cirl Bunting
Current Scientific Name
Emberizidae | Emberiza cirlus
