Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 38. (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 38th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 1937. Martin Swallow. White on the lower part of the back, breast & underparts; head & back, black glossed with blue; wings & tail black; feet covered with white down. Hirundo urbica Linn. Hirondelle à croupion blanc ou de fenêtre. Buff. pl. enl. 542. f. 2. Inhabits Europe generally, and Mr. Pennant says, during summer in Newfoundland and New York; of this I am doubtful." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Common House Martin
Current Scientific Name
Hirundinidae | Delichon urbicum
