Black Tern (Plate 438)
J. T. Bowen, 1856-1871. Print. 6-3/4 by 10-1/2 inches. Handcolored lithograph from the royal octavo edition of Audubon's The Birds of America, measuring 6-3/4 by 10-3/8 inches. Modern name: Black Tern (Chlidonias niger). About this bird, Audubon wrote, 'Often have I watched their graceful, light and rapid flight, as they.....