Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1811
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson, letter to Rubens Peale, dated 22 November 1810. American Philosophical Sociey Library, Peale-Sellers Family Collection, Mss.B.P31, Series 1, Box 3.
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) wrote to "Mr. Rubens Peale / Museum" dated "Philadelphia, Thursday 22 [November] 1810", in which he wrote: "A. Wilson's Compts. To Mr. Peale with a specimen of … a new species of Motacilla which I have called the Tennesee Warbler. / A number of other things are in reservation for Mr. Peale—My young friend the bearer will be gratified with a peep at the wonder of the Museum." (Hunter 1983: 376, Life and Letters of Alexander Wilson, Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society). Rubens Peale (1784-1865) was manager of the museum at that time.
Wilson described this species under the name "Tennesee Warbler / Sylvia peregrina" in American Ornithology vol. 3 (Pl. 25), where "Peale's Museum, No. 7787" was cited (Wilson 1811: 83). / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/101/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/97/mode/1up (plate)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Tennessee Warbler
Current Scientific Name
Parulidae | Leiothlypis peregrina
