Red Fox 



circled around to get the wind of me, trusting more to his 

 nostrils than to his eyesight. 



He \vus a large male, gray about the face and cheeks, and per- 

 lectly black on his legs and the backs of his ears. His tail was 

 a supurb white-tipped brush, well grizzled with black. When 1 

 spoke to him he sprang into the air and went bounding away to 

 the woods, then stopped and looked back at me lor a few seconds 

 disappearing among the trees. 



Varieties of the Red Fox 



While the "cross fox," "silver fox," etc., are merely indi- 

 vidual colour varieties, there are several well-marked geographic 

 ! >rms of the red fox. 



Skull of Red Fox 



Ri\i Fox. Vulpes fit ITIIS (Desmarest). Description and range as 



above. 

 Nova Scotia RcJ Fox. V. fit/rns nibrL'osa Bangs. Larger and 



brighter rusty red. 

 R tinge. Nova Scotia. 



\\-icf oitHilljnJ Red Fox. V. deletrix Bangs. Smaller than the 

 red fox, with larger hind feet and claws. Color paler and 

 less rusty. 

 Range. Newfoundland. 



Kit Fox 



veto* (Say) 



Length. 2^ inches. 



Description. Yellowish-gray above, darkest on the back, hairs 



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