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Shows a black bird with grey wings, a long beak and long tail feathers, standing on a rock in a ...
Black tern
Shows a black bird with grey wings, a long beak and long tail feathers, standing on a rock in a body of water. A pen and ink bird of similar type files in the background. In this painting, the background is rendered in light-coloured pen and ink, the bird in the foreground is coloured with watercolour. 

Black tern

Date13 June 1845
Alternate Title
  • Slerna nigra
  • Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (adult)
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Notes
Black Tern. Drawn while Pope was living near Port Rowan, in the present Norfolk Township, Ontario.  Pope (1917) & Pope (1919) #9.  Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (adult)
Country:Canada
DimensionsImage size: 244 mm x 302 mm (9 5/8 in. x 11 7/8 in.)
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Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberP9