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FOX 



DUCK; also the leading wild game birds, all 

 described under their titles). The male 

 chicken, except in cases of pure white or pure 

 black varieties, is always more brightly-colored 

 than the female. In addition to this, the male 

 is further ornamented by two long feathers in 

 the tail, which fall in a graceful arch and 

 greatly improve his appearance. The cock is 

 a vainglorious boaster; tradition hands down 

 the story that he is filled with pride because 

 he believes his crow causes the sun to rise. 

 The hen is more modest and retiring, only 

 showing pride when she has laid an egg or 

 hatched a brood of chickens. 



FOX, one of the most cunning of the beasts 

 of prey, an animal related to dogs, wolves and 

 jackals. Species of fox are found wild in all 

 countries of the northern hemisphere, and 

 breeding of foxes in captivity, for future use 



Treason Is but trusted like the fox 



Who, ne'er so tame, so cherished or locked up, 



Will have a. wild trick of his ancestors. 



SHAKESPEARE : Henry IV. 



of their fur, is a rapidly growing, paying in- 

 dustry. Silver-black fox fur, with its rich 

 brilliance and sheen, has been considered the 

 choicest and most valuable since the use of 

 furs began. Realizing the gradual decrease 

 in numbers of the silver-black fox and the 

 constant demand for its fur, a man in Prince 

 Edward Island began breeding them about the 

 year 1890. The industry quickly developed, 

 and it has been growing and spreading to all 

 parts of the world. As yet the animals are 

 not freely killed for their furs, for the live 

 animals, sold in pairs for breeding purposes, 

 are so much in demand that some are worth 

 as much as $35,000, the prices per pair ranging 

 from $4,000. upward. One pelt, however, easily 

 brings $1,000 while the supply is yet limited. 

 Pelts of the blue or Arctic jox, are also very 



valuable, and fur-farmipg is an important in- 

 dustry on the Aleutian Islands. Ordinary pelts 

 of the plentiful red fox bring from $5 to $8 

 each. Beautiful silver-gray pelts of the gray 

 jox sell for as much as $50 each. 



Foxes differ in size from their relatives, the 

 wolves and jackals, being generally smaller 

 and having larger, more furry and triangular 

 ears, more pointed muzzles and straighter jaws. 

 longer and more bushy tails and longer hair. 

 All foxes live in holes in the earth, or in holes 

 in rocks or trees; but unlike most burrowing 

 animals, they do not sleep throughout the 

 winter. They prowl about at night, stealthilj' 

 approaching their prey of woodchucks, rabbits, 

 ground birds, poultry, etc., or sometimes lambs, 

 which they capture with a quick rush. When 

 other food is scarce, however, they will con- 

 sume rats, mice, frogs, worms, beetles or even 

 fruits. Foxes breed in early spring from the 

 first year and sometimes for ten years there- 

 after, producing annually from three to seven 

 young. The life of the fox is from fourteen 

 to sixteen years. The eyes of the young do 

 not open until from nineteen days to a month 

 after birth, and after that time, for about two 

 months, both parents watch them and protect 

 them carefully, and the mother fox nurses 

 them for six months. A yelping bark is the 

 call and cry of the fox. The scent which 

 hounds of the huntsmen follow is secreted by 

 a gland beneath the tail. When a fox is cap- 

 tured it will sometimes pretend it is dead, 

 and will endure the roughest treatment without 

 a sign of life. 



In addition to the species already mentioned, 

 all of which are natives of America, there are 

 the yellowish-gray kit, swift, or burrowing fox 

 of the dry plains of Western America; the 

 small, pretty India fox; the pale desert fox of 

 Arabia and Afghanistan; and the red fox or 

 Reynard, of Europe, immortalized in numerous 

 tales and fables, and through England's great- 

 est of sports, the interesting and exciting fox 

 hunt. M.S. 



Consult Seton's Biography of a Silver Fox; 

 Tregarthen's The Life Story of a Fox. 



FOX, a tribe of Indians of Algonquian stock, 

 called in their own language Meshkwakihug, or 

 Red-Earth People. Their familiar name, Fox, 

 was given them by the French. When first 

 known to the white man they were living in 

 Central Wisconsin, having been driven there 

 from the Lake Superior region by the attacks 

 of the Ojibwa. In order to protect themselves 

 from this tribe and from the French, they 



