Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 36. (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 36th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 1815. Lesser Wren. this species is smaller than those of Europe No. 1809 & 1810 [i.e., Eurasian Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes]. it has a longer bill, general plumage much the same."
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Winter Wren / Sylvia troglodytes?" in American Ornithology vol. 1 (Pl. 8), where "Peale's Museum No. 7284" was cited (Wilson 1808: 139). Wilson noted that he could "find no precise description of this bird, as an American species, in any European publication." / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175530#page/167/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175530#page/149/mode/1up (plate)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Winter Wren
Current Scientific Name
Troglodytidae | Troglodytes hiemalis
