Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1811
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1811). American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States: illustrated with plates engraved and colored from original drawings taken from nature. Volume 4, Plate 34. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46341864 (text); https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46341859 (plate
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Sharp-tailed Finch / Fringilla caudacuta" in American Ornithology vol. 4 (Pl. 34), where "Peale's Museum, No. 6442" was cited (Wilson 1811: 70).
Wilson's original drawing (shown here), which was engraved by Alexander Lawson (ca.1772-1846) for Plate 22 (1811), is extant in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Ferdinand J. Dreer autograph collection, HSP coll. 175, box 308, folder 44).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Current Scientific Name
Passerellidae | Ammospiza caudacuta
