ROSEATE TERN (PLATE CCXL)

Sterna dougallii JWTM 34 very good impression, a few slight rubbed spots in the plate at lower right, a small soft vertical crease in the lower margin, a tiny tear in the lower edge at center 19 1/2 by 12 1/4 in.; 495 by 311 mm. Based on a composition painted on April 28, 1832 at Indian Key, Florida. "The Roseate Tern is at all times a noisy, restless bird... While in search of prey, they carry the bill in the manner of the Common Tern, that is perpendicularly, downward, plunge like a shot, with wings nearly closed, so as to immerse part of the body, and immediately reascend.".