Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 12 October 1792
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, letter to Thomas Hall of Moorfields, London, dated 12 October 1792; Selected Papers, 2, part 1: 43.
Additional Source Text:
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) sent a specimen with a "yellow throat with black & white head" to Thomas Hall in London, in exchange for European specimens, on 12 October 1792 (Miller 1988: 42, Selected Papers, Vol. 2, part 1, Yale University Press).
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described a specimen in breeding plumage under the name “Yellow-throat Warbler / Sylvia flavicollis” in American Ornithology vol. 2 (1810, Pl. 12), but no Peale Museum citation was given. / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175511#page/74/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175511#page/57/mode/1up (plate)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Yellow-throated Warbler
Current Scientific Name
Parulidae | Setophaga dominica
