Contopus virens. Lake Umbagog. A belated bird. 1899. The most interesting experience of the afternoon was that Oct. 1. of finding a Wood Pewee cowering under the lee of my boat house. Its plumage was ruffled and somewhat bedraggled and the bird act- ed as if benumbed and discouraged but its eyes glowed brilliant- ly and it made occasional sallies into the air among the falling -flakes as if mistaking them for flying insects. snow. ^ It spent most of the time on the ground or rather on a pile of chips and pieces of boards where it hopped or fluttered from place to place apparently finding and picking up some kind of food but just what I could not discover. It was so tame that I almost caught it in my hand. Once it alighted on the threshold of the open door and looked in as I thought wistfully. It was a young bird and showed the grayinh neck markings conspicuously. 69