1879, 
Storna niaerura. 
Maino i Lako Urnbagog ) . 
June 17.; 
One coursing up and down over tho roach of I,ake 
near the house all the afternoon. 
18. 
Shot an adult male in fine pluriage. 
ently not incubating. 
It was appar- 
1881. 
May 18. ' 
20 . 
23. 
Saw four in the middle of tho Lake near the Outlet. 
Four flying near the Outlet, cruising about in thoir 
characteristic vray, gradually working up to tho northern 
end of Lhe Lake, then turning and hunting back again un¬ 
til lost in tho distance beyond Metalluc’s Island. In 
an hour or two they would return. And I have no doubt 
they ’.rent tlio whole length of tho Lake. I sw;/ them 
s\7eep dovm to the surface dozens of times but they never 
caught anything nor indeed ever touched tlio water. 
Judging from the emaciated condition of one shot yester¬ 
day on Richardson Lake, and another killed to-day by 
one ox the river drivers,(who knocked him off a boom of 
logs with his pick pole) I have no doubt that they v/ould 
have e^/ioontly starved as the pickerek have fairlv exter¬ 
minated all the small fishes tliat used to svmrm in this" 
Lake. Tho snov/y plumage of these beautiful birds showed 
to groat advantage against the background of dark ever¬ 
green woods, and we could follow their white forms long 
alter they had lost shape in the distance or catch a 
quick gleam as they turned in their course. The one 
shot on Richardson Lake was accompanied by two others. 
Shot tvro mal-s on the Lake nea- the Outlet; one 
sitting on a snag, the other on the uid of a floating 
root. Both were extremely emaciated. The stomach of 
one was filled with ^leoptera (many of largo size) but 
snowea no traces of fish. The throat and gullet of 
tho oth.^r v/as eranmorl v/ith small black ;,asps; there v,e » 
eras more i/apps of the same species, a few beetles 
ar.o an uniaentifiabls remains of a small fish in tb» ’ 
thTnoe’e or '''! the survivoh of 
ed at that 1 ifemales kill- 
ed -t tnat ^bime they snowed no indications of the ap- 
i.^rou,eh of tne brooding season. ' ^ 
