80 CARNIVORA. 



in England ; but on the Continent, Fox-skins, which 

 resemble the English in coarseness of quality, and 

 even exceed them in this respect, and are also very 

 light in colour, are collected, and realize several shillings 

 each. • 



About 130,000 skins are sold at Easter Fair in 

 Leipsic ; about 200,000 Fox- skins of all sorts at Irbit 

 Fair in Siberia. Many are also sold at the Frankfort 

 Fair. 



The collection of German Fox-skins is about 500,000 ; 

 and 314,416 Foxes were killed in Eussia in the winter of 

 1885-6. 



The Common or Eed Fox is found throughout most of 

 the counties of the Continent ; it also inhabits Sardinia, 

 but in this island it is ver}' tawny, and of a dirty red 

 colour. 



The Swiss, Saxon, and Pomeranian skins are superior 

 in quality to the French, German, and Danish. Spanish 

 skins are of good quality, but open ; the price is about 

 2s. 



In Scotland the Fox lives in stony and mountainous 

 districts. 



The Norway Eed Fox has much finer fur than those 

 on the Continent, and closely resembles the Labrador 

 animal in Canada. The skins are also handled in much 

 the same way. Silver and Cross Foxes are also found in 

 Norway and Sweden ; the former are very rare, and are 

 not found, as far as we are aware, in any other part of 

 Europe. 



Fox-skins are generally used for cheap wrappers, or are 

 dyed. 



The price of a live Fox is about 10s. 



The Common Fox is the same species as the Eed 

 Cross, or Silver Fox of North America. 



