Gallinago wilsoni. 1890, Maine - Oct. 8, L. Umbagog, — A steady rain which began yesterday P.M. continued through the night changing to snow towards morning. At 7 A.M. the ground was covered to the depth of about of two inches Snow continued falling during the entire forenoon but the amount on the ground did not increase as it melted as fast as, or faster than, it fell There were no Snipe on the meadows which were everywhere covered with snow but we found about 40 in Leonard's Pond. Their behaviour was remarkable. When first started they rose fully 200 yds. ahead of my boat in two flocks one of which contained at least thirty birds, After we had followed them about for an hour or two and fired a few shotsat them they scattered some what but during the entire day they kept more or less in flocks and continued exceedingly shy, usually rising out of gun range and, after flying about for some time at a great height pitching down to the shores of the pond again. When in flocks they acted exactly like Tringae flying in close bunches and alighting all together. During the entire forenoon they fed in the busiest and most unconstrained manner on the bare mud along the water's edge. I repeatedly saw a dozen or more thus engaged on a space of only a few yards square and more than once could have killed half the number at one shot so closely did they huddle together. On one occasion I saw four crowding about a little pocket-shaped mud hole probing their heads actually touching at times. Occasionally one would