10 THE PESTS OF THE FARM. 



ash color ; Jie eyes are surrounded by a whitish circle to a 

 black longitudinal mark above them, running from each side to- 

 ward the front. The back is never worked by a black band along 

 its middle. 



In sumn 3r dress the pelage is short, the hair being bra* A at 



THE LYNX. 



the base and of a bright red at the point. In winter the hairs aro 

 longer and all their points are whitish ; the silky hairs, which are 

 most numerous and long in winter, render the color of the animal 

 ash or whitish, which in summer gives place to the more decided 

 red, marked with brown spots. The lynx is to be shot or caught 

 by traps, like the wild cat. 



THE SKUNK. Pedestrians, called by business or pleasure to 

 ramble through the country during the morning or evening twi- 

 light, occasionally see a small and pretty animal a short distance 

 before them in the path, scampering forward without appearing 

 much alarmed, and advancing in a zig-zag or somewhat serpentine 

 direction. Experienced persons generally delay long enough to 

 allow this unwelcome fellow-traveler to withdraw from the path : 

 but it often happens that a view of the animal arouses the ardor 



