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"La Femelle du Coq de Byuyere à queue fourchue," in Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, Histoire naturelle: generale et particuliere (Paris, 1799), 41: 246, plate 40 (detail) / Smithsonian Libraries (Image ID: SIL-SIL-007-505-41-040) / https://library.si.edu/image-gallery/71915IMAGE INFORMATION

9 crêtes de L'oiseaux nommé Curassow ou Parvis
Trans.: Nine crests of birds called curassow or parvis

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

October 1765

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 96, 1

Additional Source Text:

"Pesoit environ 1 lb 3.4 elle venoit d'eston une place environ 55 milles de Philadelphia."

Trans.: Weighed about 1 and 3/4 she came from Easton a place about 55 miles from Philadelphia

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Du Simitière's Common Name:

Bruyère Cocq (female)

Current Common Name:

Wood grouse