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of that firm informs the leaders that the coyote was taken when two 

 weeks old, and has become quite tame, so much so that it will 

 answer a whistle and lick the hand. He runs loose in the yard 

 and plays with the dog, and they are fast friends. The silver gray 

 fox takes to the coyote in preference to the dog, although the fox 

 and the dog were brought up together. There was also a musk- 

 rat placed in the window with these various creatures, but one of 

 the foxes very soon bit it, necessitating its removal. 



Although an exotic species, it may not be amiss to mention, 

 that 13 specimens of the spring-bok {Autidorcas euchore) from 

 South Africa, were recently exhibited in the windows of Mr. 

 Slattery's store. These specimens of that beautiful antelope were 

 sent to Ottawa for the annual dinner in commeroration of the battle 

 of Paardeberg, held at Government House. Although outwardly 

 very like deer, it may be pointed out, that the antelopes are more 

 closely related to the oxen, sheep, and goats, and like these have 

 hollow and permanent horns, instead of solid antlers, which are 

 periodically shed, such as deer have. They are best represented 

 in the continent of Africa which contains more species than any 

 other part of the world. One species the prong-horn, or Rocky 

 Mountain antelope [Antilocapra americana) is sometimes to be seen 

 on the plains of our own far west. 



The leaders of the branch desire to express their appreciation 

 of the good which merchants and business men of the city occasion- 

 ally do in attracting public attention to natural history objects, 

 living or otherwise, by placing them in their store windows. 



Mr. Lemieux contributes the following note in regard to : 

 "Small Suckers in Lake Pembina, Lievre district." 



" A small carp or sucker was discovered in the month of May 

 in Morin's Creek. There were thousands and thousands of this 

 fish, and they seemed to hide in the weeds, in fear of the trout that 

 appeared to wage a war of extermination against those new 

 comers. In September a smaller number were seen in front of the 

 Club-house landing. This discovery is rather a surprising and 

 I unexpected one, as in the past no other fish than trout had been 

 noticed in those lakes. Have these suckers been recently intro- 

 duced, and how ? This is a mystery, although I believe they were 

 brought there in the egg-stage, by birds such as shell-drakes, 



