Tern Collection

Seaside boating scene
A couple push out their small motor boat into an estuary at the mouth of a small coastal river. This looks like a southern Norfolk or North Suffolk coastal view as the terns swoop overhead

Bristol 171 Sycamore HR. 14 XJ385
Bristol 171 Sycamore HR.14 XJ385 (msn 13392), ex CFS on gate-guard duties at RAF Tern Hill in April 1976. (d/d 05/10/1956, w/o 25/10/1963 after an engine fire) Date: 1976

Least tern, Sternula antillarum, adult 1, young, fall plumage 2. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of

Bonapartes gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia, male spring 1, female 2 and young 3 in fall plumage. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry

Inca tern, Larosterna inca, and white-headed petrel, Pterodroma lessonii. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (Sterna fuliginosa). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Greater crested tern, Thalasseus bergii (Crested tern, Sterna cristata). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

North American black tern, Chlidonias niger surinamensis (Surinam tern, Sterna surinamensis). From the collection of Thomas Pennant

Black tern, Chlidonias niger.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own Natural History of British Birds, London, 1794-1819

Variety of birds eggs
1- swallow, 2- cuckoo, 3- rook, 4- crow, 5- jackdaw, 6- jay, 7- sparrowhawk, 8- kestrel, 9- ringed plover, 10- snipe, 11- black tern, 12- common tern. Date: 1894

Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

The Sandwich tern, in summer plumage Sterna sandvicensis
The Sandwich tern, in summer plumage (Sterna sandvicensis). Parker, Richard Dunscombe 1805 - 1881

Medieval coins. Left: Diner tern. Obverse. Alfonso III of Ar
Medieval coins. Left: Diner tern. Minted in Barcelona. Obverse. Alfonso III of Aragon and II of Catalonia, the Liberal. Right: Croat. Coined in Barcelona. Reverse. Municipal Historical Institute

Black-Fronted and White-Fronted Terns
Black Fronted Tern Tarapirohe, Chlidonias albostriatus. White Fronted Tern Tara, Sterna striata. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

ouglas C-47 N718A aO - Tern - Beirut
Douglas C-47 N718A aO Tern at Beirut 10th June 1955 Date: 1955

Black skimmer, Rynchops niger, and common tern, Sterna hirundo.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France

The original Airspeed factory in York with assembly work proceeding on the first prototype Airspeed AS4 Ferry, G-ABSI. The fuselage of the AS1 Tern is suspended from the roof

Ascension, Terns and Noddies
Illustration (p.538) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Sterna maxima, royal tern
Royal tern egg specimens

Little Terns
Two Lesser Tern birds, the (female) hen sits on the nest, while the (male) cock brings in the rations. Date: 1930s

Arctic Tern
An Arctic Tern. Date: 1950s

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