Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 1, 1794
Primary Source Reference:
Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 25 Jan 1794
Additional Source Text:
"Having perhaps the longest legs, in proportion to the size of the bird, of any of the feathered tribe."
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Long-legs (brown bet)
Current Common Name:
Black-necked Stilt
Current Scientific Name
Himantopus mexicanus
