Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 17. (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 17th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 195. 200. Lesser Bonana. Length 7 ½ Inches. Bill blackish; face even with the Eyes; throat, quills and tail black; the rest of the body of a bright yellow; wing coverts black; most of them edged with white, as are the quills within towards the base; feet & claws black. Latham says he received some of these from Jamaica. The greater wing coverts were wholly white, forming a bar of white across the wing, and the yellow of the body inclining to olive." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Jamaican Oriole
Current Scientific Name
Icteridae | Icterus leucopteryx
