Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 36. (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 36th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 1768. Hooded Warbler. The fore part of the head and the cheeks round the eyes, bright yellow; the hind part of the head black, passing on each side of the neck covered like a collar; the upper parts yellow; the inner web of the two outer feathers of the tail, white. Motacilla mitrata Linn. Gobe mouche citrin de la Louisiane Buff. pl. enl. 666. f. 2. According to Pennant & Catesby, it frequents thickets and shady parts of uninhabited places of Carolina. This [specimen] was found near the Skull-kill [i.e., Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania] but is a very rare bird with us." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
In a draft copy of "A Walk Through the Philad[elphi]a Museum" (1805-1806), Peale wrote: "Hooded Warbler (M. mitrata) a very rare bird." (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481)
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Hooded Flycatcher / Muscicapa cucullata" in American Ornithology vol. 3 (Pl. 26), where "Peale's Museum, No. 7062" was cited (Wilson 1811: 101). / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/121/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/108/mode/1up (plate)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Hooded Warbler
Current Scientific Name
Parulidae | Setophaga citrina
