DOG FAMILY 



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Newfoundland Red Fox. — Vulpcs dclctrix Bangs. 

 Color very pale, varying from yellow and buffy to light 

 straw color. Newfoundland. 



Royal Red Fox. — J'ulpcs regalis Merriam. Size 

 large, color golden yellow, shading to whitish yellow 

 on face, legs reddish brown. Northern Plains from 

 Dakota to Alberta, east to Manitoba and Minnesota. 



Western Red Fox. — Vulpes macrourus Baird. 

 Size large; colors rich; tail long. Mountains of Col- 

 orado, Utah and Wyoming. 



Sierra Red Fox. — Vulpcs nccator Merriam. About 

 size of the common Red Fox. Color throughout rather 

 paler. High Sierra above 6000 feet altitude in Cali- 

 fornia. 



Cascade Red Fox. — J'ulpes cascadensis Merriam. 

 Size greater than that of common Red Fo.x. Color 

 pale. Cascade mountain system of Washington, Oregon 

 and into the Sierra Nevada of California. 



Alaska Red Fox. — I'ulpcs alascciisis alascciisis 

 Merriam. A large, long-tailed species ; color golden 

 fulvous. Northern Alaska. 



Columbia Red Fox. — Vulpcs alascciisis abictorum 

 Merriam. Lighter, longer and more slender skull, 

 Interior of British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. 



Kodiak Island Red Fox. — Vulpcs harrimani Mer- 

 riam. Largest of the Red Fo.xes ; tail enormous, largest 

 on basal fourth, tapering thence to tip. Kodiak Island, 

 Alaska. 



RED FOX 



Noted ever since the time of .Ssop for its cunning, the Red Fox of today lives up to its reputation. It is 

 the arch-schemer and trickster of the animal kingdom 



From time immemorial the English Red Fox 

 has been accepted as the embodiment of speed, 

 cunning, and resource; but Dr. M. G. Ellzey, 

 who has hunted the American Red Fox in Vir- 

 ginia, is persuaded " that, as found in the States 

 of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North 

 Carolina, and Tennessee, the American Red 

 Fox is an animal far superior to the English 

 Fox, in speed, endurance, cunning, and resource, 

 when in front of a dangerous pack. He laughs 

 an inferior pack to scorn." In the matter of 

 daring, there is no doubt that he excels his 

 British cousin. 



Perhaps a few reminiscences of Fox-hunting 

 will serve, better than anything else, to give 

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those unacquainted with this clever animal clearer 

 notions as to the scope of Fox sagacity. To be- 

 gin with, it should be borne in mind that Foxes, 

 tinless old and experienced in guile, will not, 

 when hounded, run far away on a straight 

 course, but will circle near the home where they 

 were reared. It is also well to know that Foxes 

 have certain runways through valleys and across 

 hills, through swamps and along water courses, 

 and that these are followed more or less regu- 

 larly by the Fox, either when pursued or when 

 qtiietly moving from place to place in search of 

 food. This fact is taken advantage of by hunt- 

 ers, and the runway must be located before 

 success in the hunt can be expected. 



