Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1793
Primary Source Reference:
Nicholas Collin[son] (1746-1831), letter to Charles Willson Peale dated 2 June 1793; Selected Papers, 2, part 1: 49.
Additional Source Text:
In his letter, Nicholas Collinson (1746-1831) informed Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) that "Mr. Gustavus Von Carlson ... an eminent ornithologist ... has already in return [for American specimens sent by Peale], forwarded several of the most valuable Swedish Birds, such as the Urogallus major and Urogallus minor, the Lagopus, &c."
An undated list of 21 bird specimens in Peale's handwriting includes an unidentified "Grouse" (American Philosophical Society Library, Mss.B.P31).
Notes:
A letter from Rev. Nicholas Collin (1746-1831) to Charles W. Peale, dated 2 June 1793, confirms that “Mr. Gustavus Von Carlson (President of one of the supreme courts of Justice) has charged himself with the exchange of Birds. This eminent ornithologist owns a precious Cabinet of Birds, containing more than 800 species; & has by testamentary disposition generously bequeathed the whole to the said [Swedish] Academy of Sciences. You will therefore be pleased to send in future the birds directly to him. He has already in return, forwarded several of the most valuable Swedish Birds…” (Miller 1988: 49, Selected Papers, Vol. 2, part 1, Yale University Press).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Black Grouse
Current Scientific Name
Phasianidae | Lyrurus tetrix
