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Silhouette of Cardinal, with question mark
IMAGE INFORMATION

Unidentified "Gross Beak" (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

14 March 1822

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, 14 March 1822. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481, p. 119.

Additional Source Text:

On 14 March 1822, a "small grosbeak from South America" donated by Alexander Barclay was entered into the Peale Museum Accessions Book (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481).

Notes:

This unidentified bird is tentatively placed in Cardinalidae in this inventory, pending more information.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Unidentified "Grosbeak"

Current Scientific Name

Cardinalidae | Unidentified