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Life-histories of Northern Animals 



One of my guides, Lee Hampleman, of Meeker, Colo., 

 tells me that in 1897, when on Pawnee Creek, Colo., he 

 found a Swift's den. It was reached by a tunnel about 9 feet 

 long and was 5 feet from the surface. The chamber was 

 nicely lined with grass and contained 5 young ones. 'Just 

 the cutest, prettiest things he ever saw.' 



-Study iif Kit-fox in Philadelphia Z<io, August, 



These were taken home to the ranch and easily raised, but 

 they never became tame. Both parents were seen about the 

 den. 



Prof. John Macoun relates that in Alberta, June 16, 1895, 

 he saw 2 old Kits and 5 young sitting on a prairie knoll. His 

 dog rushed at them; the young dived into a hole, and the 

 parents busied themselves leading the dog elsewhere. 



An interesting account of a pair of Kits that lived near his 

 ranch house, has been given me by R. W. Cowan, of Cochrane, 

 Alta. They were such beautiful and playful creatures that he 

 rather encouraged them until they began to kill chickens, 

 whereupon they fell from favour, and paid the extreme penalty. 

 The family consisted of 2 old ones and 5 young. The latter 

 began to run in the month of May. The old ones were seen 



