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Counties— They Take to Trees— He Loves the Woo.! 

 and Underbrush— What Gray Foxes Live Upon— Com- 

 mon Weasel— Its Many Names— The Image of a Ser- 

 pent—Two Species— The Least Weasel— They Change 

 Their Coats— Hunts His Prey By Scent— Destroys Poul- 

 try—His Food— Feeds on Rats and Mice— A Rabbit 

 Hunter— He is Well Acquainted With Weasels— He 

 Kills But Don't Disfigure— A Very Restless Animal— 

 Where He Prefers to Live— Will Suck Its Own Blood- 

 Will Help Each Other Out of Traps— Attacked this 

 Bunny in the Rear— The Young— They Have Many 

 Changes of Dress— Destroys Great Numbers of Toung 

 Grouse — Kills all the Quail— The Weasel Pulled and I 

 Pulled— What Farmers and Poultry Raisers Say- 

 Pood of Weasels— TSnidcat-A Variety of Common • 

 Names^Acquire More Knowledge — The Wildcat's Fav- 

 orite Haunts — ^Wildcats Increasing in Some Places — 

 They Pursue and Kill Deer— Many Kinds of Birds 

 Slain— Mammals, Eggs, etc.. are Devoured— Hunts the ' 

 Quillful Porcupine— Methods of Catching Game- 

 Cowardly Animals— Treed Her Lover— Where the 

 Toung Are Found— What Farmers and Hunters Tell 

 of Them— Mink— Fond of Brook Trout— Chickens 

 and Ducks are Favorite Food — Kill Pheasants. Quail 

 and Rabbits— A Muscular Animal— Fish Oil Allures the 

 Mink— The Mink as a Destroyer of Poultry and 

 Game — Additional Notes on Food of Minks — The Mink 

 as a Fisherman— Raccoon— A Poultry Thief— Feasts on 

 Corn — As a Fisherman— Feedss on Birds' Eggs — An 

 Enjoyable Recreation — Hunted for Both Flesh and 

 Fur — What Farmers and Sportsmen Say About Rac- 

 coons, pages 317-4S4 



CHAPTER VI. 



LOCALITIES WHERE POULTRY-DESTROYING ANIMALS 

 ARE FOUND. 



Miscellaneous Introductory Notes — A Convenient Class- 

 ification—A Grand Field for Scientific Research— 

 The aieeca of Naturalists— Over 300 Kinds of Birds- 

 Species New to Science — Fine Territory in Winter — 

 Winter Birds— Some Animals TYTiich Have Been Ex- 

 terminated—When The Flint Lock Was Employed— 

 Killed Forty Deer in a Day— A Menance to Life and 



