Gallinago delicata. Lake Umbagog, Maine. Singular behavior. 1896. On the mud flats on the river beyond Richardson's Carry early this morning I saw about a dozen Snipe. They were behaving in a most in- Sept.7. teresting manner running about on the level and perfectly bare mud a hundred yards or more from any covey. Every now and then they would draw together in a close bunch like Peeps. I had several opportunities to kill at least five or six at a shot had I wished. They probed a little but seemed to be chiefly engaged in picking up food. All the while the fog hung low and dense over the flat. When it cleared and the sun came out a little later the Snipe rose, one after another, and flew to the grass into which they dropped. I followed them but they were very wild and I got only four shots bagging three birds.