Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 17. (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 17th Lecture (ca. 1799): "235. Gracula cristata. Crested Grakle Lath. I. 2. p. 464. Merle huppe de la Chine Buff. pl. enl. 507." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
A "Living Minor bird (dead)" was donated by Edward Thompson on 29 May 1824, as recorded in the Peale Museum Accessions Book, p. 100 (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481). Thompson's donation may refer to this species or Common Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Crested Myna
Current Scientific Name
Sturnidae | Acridotheres cristatellus
