Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 16. (ca. 1799). Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40. / https://ansp.org/research/library/archives/0000-0099/coll0040/
Additional Source Text:
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) wrote, in his 16th Lecture (ca. 1799): "144. Botany Bay Little Lory. I have given it this name for the present, as my corrispondent in London sent it to me, as coming from that country. The Bill is smaller than the Parrakeets, and more pointed, and the tail a little conic. Characters belonging to the Lory's. The general colour is green, forehead red and a spot of red on each cheek. The quills are brown on the inner feathers, on the outer green. It is about 11 Inches long." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Unidentified parrot
Current Scientific Name
Psittaculidae | Eos sp.?
