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. 1813. Spotted breast Wren. This is a shorter Bird. the breast is mottled, and the under part next the tail deep brown. tail very short." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Notes:
Peale's description is too short for the bird to be identified—even its status as a wren (Troglodytidae) is doubtful.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Unidentified wren
Current Scientific Name
Unknown family | Unidentified
