Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 25, 1794
Primary Source Reference:
Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 25 Jan 1794
Notes:
This bird was from one of two bird families, both in the order Procellariiformes; the one pictured here is Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), often the most common seabird off the Atlantic Coast of the U.S.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Storm petrel (Mother Cary's chicken)
Current Common Name:
Wilson's storm petrel
Current Scientific Name
Oceanites oceanicus
