PreservedUpdated 4/17/2026
Northern Bobwhite Specimen
Made by Unknown preparator1932Greenbrier County, West Virginia
A taxidermied Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) collected in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in the spring of 1932. This specimen predates significant population changes observed in several later regional populations and may be valuable for morphological or genetic comparison. Specimens of known locality and date from pre-decline Appalachian populations are increasingly rare in institutional collections, making privately held examples like this one scientifically meaningful.
Provenance
1932
Collected in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
documented
1932
Prepared by an unknown regional taxidermist
attributed
1968
Inherited within the collector's family
owner supplied
2019
Acquired by current collector
documented
2026
Digitally preserved in Relic
confirmed
Current Custodian
Mid-Atlantic, United States
Access Matrix
- Digital viewingpublic
- Additional photographsby request
- Remote video inspectionavailable
- Research visitowner approval
- Temporary research loanowner approval
- Museum exhibition loanavailable
- Scientific samplingowner approval
- Commercial licensingcontact owner
Record Metadata
CategoryNatural History
MaterialsPrepared skin over carved form; glass eyes; hardwood mount
Dimensions24 cm length; mount 19 × 12 cm
ConditionGood; minor feather wear, stable mount
Digital Record
36 high-res images (10,240 × 7,680)
3D Mesh / Photogrammetry
Precise digital measurements
Doc. Score: 88/100Scanned 9/2/2026
Cite this object
Relic Archive. (1932). Northern Bobwhite Specimen [Object record]. Relic Object RL-1932-000184.