Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 26. (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 26th Lecture (ca. 1799): "836. Spoted [sic] snipe. The bill is black, strait, except a small curve at the point; back & wings brown, speckled with white. The wing quills black; tail brown, barred with white; under parts of the body white; iris & feet yellow. It is about 15 Inches long. It is a common bird in the vicinity of Philada. This appears to [be] a nondescript." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Tell-tale Godwit, or Snipe / Scolopax vociferus" in American Ornithology vol. 7 (Pl. 58), where "Peale's Museum, No. 3949" was cited (Wilson 1813: 57). / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/69/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/56/mode/1up (plate)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Greater Yellowlegs
Current Scientific Name
Scolopacidae | Tringa melanoleuca
