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siiv, iri'i'iH nuinlicis of siiwill fj-'iil tr»>t's alionl llicir 

 priMuisos. Till' coinuHni moivdnv Kabbit, with wliicli 

 tniM'v fiiniici's bov is well ac(iuaintod, is cailt'd (lie 

 <\ii(>iiiiiaii \\"(u>(l W-.wifLepus sylvalictisj. 



i>ii.\T rsi-: s\ ARMS OK Fi':i!iti'"rs 

 llii-wi'vcr, uot\villislamliu<; tho inist'l\it'f Huy do, i( is 

 iioi 1,-al l.> us,' si'Mivs. o\\u'V similar dcviros. or VVr- 

 r.Ms lo .aiUmv iliosr iiiainiiials \vlii,-li inliabit liic 

 woods and ciillivatod lioUls. 



KtlXKS. 



Uodi iho lu'd Fox and llio Tuav FiKV avo found in 

 rinnsylvjmia. Tlu\v aiv dostn\vors of ,<iauu' birds and 

 small lUiinin.als. Tho Kod Fox is parlU'ularlv fond of 

 ixmilrx : ho al^o caiiliiii's many mioo and insects, and, 

 somolimos, ho kills lambs and pi.iis. 



TlUC WILD OAT. 



This animal, which is so oxtromoly dostrnolivo of 

 game, as well as of tho farmers' jwultry, that lie 

 chauces to moot on his foraging expeditions, is found 

 in a number i>r oounlios of I'ennsylvauia, and accord- 

 iug lo all accoanis this sv)ecios is increasing quite 

 noticeably in several regions of the Commonwealth. 

 The Wild Oat is quite common in Cleartield, Cameron, 

 Clinton, Elk, Forest, JlcKean. and Potter counties. 



Wild (^its ai>pear to have multiplied in recent years 

 so ia|.idl.\ in several c,>nniiesor rennsylvaisia that ai 

 the last session of our T.egislature fOT). by the earnest 

 elVoi-ts of ]iiomineni ii'sidenis of Cameron, Cleartield, 

 l.y.-oming. Klk ,nid a f.'w oiher connlies .-i bounty of 

 two dollii's |i,i- liead was i>laced on these animals. 



