Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
November 1765
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 96, 2
Notes:
The bufflehead duck is Bucephala albeola), described and illustrated in Mark Catesby, The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, vol. 1 (London, 1729-1732), p. 95 (text), and plate 95 (illustration).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Du Simitière's Common Name:
Buffaloe headed Duck
Current Common Name:
Bufflehead duck
Current Scientific Name
Bucephala albeola
