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IMAGE INFORMATION

The silver pheasant of China

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

December 11, 1788

Primary Source Reference:

Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 11 Dec 1788

Notes:

Mary White Morris (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:

Dead/preserved

Peale's Common Name:

Silver pheasant

Current Common Name:

Silver pheasant

Current Scientific Name

Lophura nycthemera