23. Black Tern female
Chlidonias niger

  • Latin name : Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Inventory number : Série 49C Feuillet 11
  • Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 14cm ; l. 28,7cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, on wove paper
  • Inscriptions : L.J.J.A (graphite, at lower right)
  •  Inscriptions : La Goëllette femelle (graphite, at lower center)

    Link to Harvard University collections  :
    identical duplicate

  •  : La Goelette femelle. {Near Nantes}, , 1805 Jul. 12.

Side view of bird in a living pose on a grassy ground.