Article ID: CBB125017860

The forgotten history of Oreortyx pictus (mountain quail), discovered by the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1806 (2023)

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Many authors have written about the new bird species discovered by members of the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804–1806), but the history of one species in particular – Oreortyx pictus (mountain quail) – has remained elusive. Primary sources confirm that Lewis returned from the expedition with a specimen (now missing), which he deposited in the Philadelphia Museum. However, for unexplained reasons, the specimen was overlooked by Alexander Wilson and other ornithologists. Here, I review primary sources from the expedition and its aftermath, including novel sources that resolve this long-standing puzzle.

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Authors & Contributors
Kastor, Peter J.
Allen, John Logan
Bourne, W. R. P.
Dalton, David A.
Fellers, Gary M.
Fresonke, Kris
Journals
Archives of Natural History
American Quarterly
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Common-Place
Gastronomica: The Journal of Culinary History
Publishers
American Meteorological Society
Hill & Wang
Knopf
South Dakota State Historical Society Press
Texas A&M University Press
Universidad de los Andes
Concepts
Travel; exploration
Scientific expeditions
Birds
Natural history
Science and culture
Collectors and collecting
People
Lewis, Meriwether
Clark, William
Clark, William Tierney
Darwin, Charles Robert
Humboldt, Alexander von
Peale, Titian Ramsay
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
United States
North America
Great Britain
Caribbean
South America
Colombia
Institutions
American Museum of Natural History, New York
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (University of California, Berkeley)
California Academy of Sciences
Rothschild Museum (England)
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