Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 29, 1790
Primary Source Reference:
Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 29 June 1790
Additional Source Text:
Also listed in Herald of Freedom (Boston), 13 July 1790
Notes:
Probably the magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata), pictured here, the only goose that occurs in Indonesia.
Mary White Morris (Mrs. Robert) (1749-1827) presented to the Museum some objects brought back from China and the East Indies by her husband Robert Morris's (1735-1806) ship Alliance.
Specimen Type:
Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
Peale's Common Name:
East Indian goose
Current Common Name:
Magpie goose
Current Scientific Name
Anseranas semipalmata
