Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 20. (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 20th Lecture (ca. 1799): "428. Carmine throated humming Bird. It is 4 ½ Inches long; its Bill one Inch & 1/8 long, curved and therefore analogous to Creepers, as Edwards remarks; the cheeks and all the fore part of the neck, carmine or crimson Red of Ruby-lustre; the upper part of the head, body and tail, of a soft blackish Brown, with a slight tinge of the blue on the edge of the feathers; a deep gold green shines on the wings; the inferior and superior coverts of the tail are of a fine blue. Trochilus jugularis Linn. The red-breasted Humming bird Edw. & Lath. Carmine-throated Colibri Buff. Inhabits Surinam." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Notes:
Peale evidently copied his information about its geographic range ("Surinam") from Edwards. However, E. jugularis is only found on the Lesser Antilles.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Purple-throated Carib
Current Scientific Name
Trochilidae | Eulampis jugularis
