Prairie Red-fox 



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known Foxes, such as the 'Mahogany Fox' of Hartford, 

 'Baldy' of Berkeley, the 'Black Fox' of Blacktail Creek, 

 were known and watched for one or more years and usu- 

 ally found within 3 or 4 miles of their reputed head-quarters. 





Fig. 190 — Impressions of a Fox's feet, from life. 

 Secured by Mrs. Grace G. Seton. 7y^=right front; r//=right hind ; both ; 



Since writing the above, E. Norton, a well-known fox- 

 breeder of Dover, Maine, has given me the following corrobora- 

 tive information. 



In March of 1885, he and his brother went out near Dover 

 with their fox-hounds, hoping to run a she Fox to earth and 

 dig her out for a breeder. They soon had one holed up, but 

 were disappointed to find it a dog Fox in half-shed coat; he 

 was not worth skinning, so they cut the top off one ear and slit 

 the other, then turned him loose. Five years afterwards he 

 was killed within 4 miles of where first they had caught him. 



At Green Lake, Ont., was a Silver-fox that ranged there for 

 a couple of years. My informant, George Linklater, says it 

 covered 10 miles, or not more than 15, of country, and was 

 there the year round. 



