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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
Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (adult)
Slerna nigra
Format
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)
DimensionsImage size: 244 mm x 302 mm (9 5/8 in. x 11 7/8 in.)
Language
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberP9
Country:Canada