Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 35. (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 35th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 1684. Pied Flycatcher. White front; bill, head, back & feet black; wings barred with white, outer part of the wing coverts white, white round the neck and all the under parts. Muscicapa atricapilla Linn. Le Gobe-mouche noir a collier Pl. enl. 565. f.1.2. No. 1685. female Pied Flycatcher (male). Upper parts brown; under a dingy white. Inhabits France & England, and as far north as [L…]. In that Diocese stay the whole year and, during winter, frequently take refuge in the […] Houses. Muscicapa atricapilla Linn. … No. 1689. Pied Flycatcher (female). Gobe-mouche noir de Loraine Buff. pl. enl. 565 f. 2&3. M. atricapilla Linn." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Peale wrote, in "A Walk Through the Philad[elphi]a Museum" (1805–1806): "The next case contains the Pied flycatcher (Mus. Atricapilla)." (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Pied flycatcher
Current Scientific Name
Muscicapidae | Ficedula hypoleuca
