Conto 7 >us virons . 
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 
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pile of chips and pieces of ooards 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. 
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