Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 35. (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 35th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 1688.Streaked Flycatcher. Length 4 ½ Inches long. Bill black; crown of the head a little crested; head and all the upper parts brown streaked with russet; throat & under part of the breast brownish white; the breast with a few brown spots; tail white at base, black and edged with rufous. Muscicapa virgata Linn. Gobe-mouche tachete de Cayenne Buff. pl. enl. 574. f. 3. Inhabits Cayenne." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Notes:
In 1793, Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825) travelled to Cayenne, French Guiana, to collect specimens for Peale's Museum. However, to the editor's (MRH) knowledge, there is no detailed inventory of the specimens he brought back, and there are many examples of specimens from northern South America that were donated by other people. For more discussion about Raphaelle's travels, see Lillian B. Miller, 1993, "Father and Son: The Relationship of Charles Willson Peale and Raphaelle Peale", The American Art Journal 25: 4-161. / https://doi.org/10.2307/1594599
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Bran-colored Flycatcher
Current Scientific Name
Tyrannidae | Myiophobus fasciatus
