Sterna paradisaea. Lake Umbagog. 1903 June 15 During the passage of the Lake [in the steamer] I saw ... three Terns flying about ... between the Outlet and Pine Point. The .. birds were on wing over the same stretch of water when our boat returned from Sunday Cove. I saw them sweep close to the surface repeatedly no doubt to pick up small dead fish. Once when they came within 100 yards I made out very distinctly the dark, almost sooty, cast of the under parts which distinguish- es S.paradisaea from S.hirundo and this induced me to refer them all, without much hesitation, to the former species..