TRACKS AND TRACKING 



rador Journal speaks of finding inside a trap, 

 which had been sprung without catching the 

 fox, '' ^ye large mice, which the fox had 

 dropped out of his mouth." 



Some years ago, from a study of tracks in 

 fresh snow in the dunes, I concluded that 

 crows sometimes spent the night roosting on 

 the ground. With the increase of foxes there, 

 I am inclined to think that this is no longer 

 the case, but in April, 1910, 1 found fox tracks 

 and the remains of a crow,— but this of course 

 may have been only a dead crow feast. Live 

 crows are generally v^ell able to take care of 

 themselves; they need no protective colora- 

 tion and have none. 



Although foxes are abroad largely at night, 

 I have not infrequently seen them by day. 

 When first started they bound away in great 

 leaps, showing the edges of their white bellies 

 in contrast with their red sides; later they 

 streak along, to use an appropriate slang 

 phrase, close to the ground, their great 

 brushes held straight out behind. As they 

 disappear into a distant thicket the white tips 

 of their tails are the last to show. One win- 

 ter's day I followed some fresh fox tracks till 

 they led me to some bushes overarched with 



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