DOG FAMILY 



such as grasshoppers, crickets, and May beetles 

 to the great benefit of the farmer. Although it 

 is true that the Fox destroys a considerable 

 number of birds, yet a Ruffed Grouse has been 

 known to rear its young within loo feet of a 

 Fox den, and the tracks of the young birds 



have repeatedly been seen on the fresh earth 

 before the entrance. Among the food brought 

 to the young in its litter and left outside were 

 rabbits, mice and other smaller rodents, and 

 half -grown woodchuck, but no birds of any 

 kind." 



EASTERN GRAY FOX 



This animal is sometimes called the " tree fox" because he does not hesitate to climb trees, either to 

 escape pursuit, or to hunt food — perhaps a nice young squirrel, or fruit or nuts. He is not hard to 

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