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. 1785. Red headed Warbler. The top of the head a deep dingy red; from the bill a bright yellow line passes over each Eye; the back an olive green; the throat and breast yellow spotted with red; wing quills & tail Brown edged with grey. Motacilla petechia Linn. Figuier à tête trouge de Pensilvanie Buff. Yellow red-pole Edwards t. 256. The colours too bright. Red headed W. Penn. & Lath. No. 1786. Female." (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 listed the "Redhead Warbler (M. petechia) rare" (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481). The page of the final draft containing this reference is not located.
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Yellow Red-poll Warbler / Sylvia petechia" in American Ornithology vol. 4 (Pl. 28), where "Peale's Museum, No. 7124" was cited (Wilson 1811: 19). / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175531#page/25/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175531#page/8/mode/1up (plate)
Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803–1857) described this species under the name "Palm Warbler / Sylvia palmarum" in his continuation of American Ornithology vol. 2 (1828, Pl. 10). Bonaparte (1828: 12) cited the "Philadelphia Museum" but provided no catalogue number. / https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AFKPEJIASN54OC8L/pages/AU64IDZK… (text) / https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AFKPEJIASN54OC8L/pages/AM5M6MXI… (plate)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Palm Warbler (eastern)
Current Scientific Name
Parulidae | Setophaga palmarum
