the State. It can easily be distinguished from the Red 

 Fox in its size, being slightly smaller, and by its color, 

 which is an ashy gray above and a buff brown beneath. 

 There are black facial and tail markings, and, on the 

 sides of the neck, and across the chest there is a reddish- 

 brown band. The throat is white and the middle of the 

 ventral surface is almost white. 



The gray fox has many habits similar to the red 

 fox but it also shows some interesting differences. For 

 instance, it does not run for many miles when pursued 

 but usually takes to a tree or "holes up," after confus- 

 ing its pursuers. For this reason fox hunters prefer the 

 red fox for sporting purposes. Its habits of climbing 

 trees adds to the dangers of nesting and roosting birds. 

 It selects a hollow tree or rocky crevice for its home 

 and the female bears only from four to five young, 

 being less prolific than the red fox. 



The nose is less pointed and the hair is coarser 

 than in the latter species. Both the red and gray foxes 

 are nocturnal and their foraging journeys lead them 

 many miles from their burrows. The gray fox is said 

 to jump from nine to ten feet above the ground and in 

 this way it is able to capture domestic fowl which 

 roosts on fences and on the lower branches of trees. 



Wild Cat 



Lynx ruff us ■ 



The wild cat is an inhabitant of the mountains, 

 where it is becoming quite scarce. That it is far from 

 being extinct is shown by the fact that the State Game 

 Commission paid bounties on 615 of them in 1924. 

 Many tales of the ferocity of this animal are told, but 

 it is in reality a cowardly beast, retreating at the least 



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