A Largest Tern, A Little Tern, A Stilt and A Small Marsh Tern
细节
Calcutta School, 19th Century
A Largest Tern, A Little Tern, A Stilt and A Small Marsh Tern
inscribed 'Sylochlidon caspius. Largest Tern.J.982. Tarafgunge.22 Feby81. Found on most parts of India alone or in pairs, rarely a few together. Feeds on fish & prawns. Breeds in Central Asia and lays 2 eggs, pale livid with dusky spots.' (upper right), 'Sternula minuta. The Little Tern. J.988./Shot on the Ganges. July 81./Cold Gondah.Augt22.81. Is most abundant at the mouths of tidal rivers, and inland it has been/only met with on the Ganges. breeds in India on sandbanks; the eggs are large for the size of the bird, ashy- green with small spots and blotches.' (centre right), 'Himantopos candidus.Stilt.J.898. Gondah/1 April 81. Found in numerous flocks in all India on edges of banks and rivers and feeds on molluscs, worms and insects. Breeds chiefly in northern regions but also in north Africa, laying 4 eggs in a tuft of grass. (centre left), 'Hydrochelidon Indica. (Young) Small Marsh Tern.J.984./Wazingunge.25augt.81. very abundant in India. In some parts of the country it roosts on thick beds of reeds congregating in vast numbers. Breeds in India on sandbanks of large rivers. (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with gum arabic, unframed
24½ x 19½ in. (62.2 x 49.5 cm.)
A Largest Tern, A Little Tern, A Stilt and A Small Marsh Tern
inscribed 'Sylochlidon caspius. Largest Tern.J.982. Tarafgunge.22 Feb
pencil and watercolour, heightened with gum arabic, unframed
24½ x 19½ in. (62.2 x 49.5 cm.)