This list, so far as the feathered animals are con- 

 cerned, could be materially increased as there is 

 probably hardly a species of the bird family which 

 nests on the ground that has not suffered from the 

 raids of Foxes, whidi devmir with alacrity any of them 

 — old or young — and if these cannot be caught they 

 eat the eggs. Tlie Fox luints in daytime as well as at 

 night. He will eat carrion if nothing better can be 

 found, and fish, it is said, are also sometimes agreeable 

 to his palate. Some writers say he will eat ripe grapes 

 and many other kinds of fruit, which is no doubt true, 

 but I have never known either tlie Red or Gray Fox 

 to feed on a vegetable diet. 



KOXES T.OVK LAMB CHOPS AND POttK. 



As several gentlemen have sent communications to 

 this office defending Foxes and also asserted that these 

 animals seldom, if ever, disturbed lambs, and that it 



