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Counties— They Take to Trees— He Loves the Wood 

 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 Young 

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

 Pulled — What Farmers and Poultry Raisers Say — 

 Food of Weasels — Wildcat — A Variety of Common 

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

 orite Haunts — W^ildcats 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 

 Young 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 — Feeds on Birds' Eggs — An 

 Enjoyable Recreation — Hunted for Both Flesh and 

 Fur — What Farmers and Sportsmen Say About Rac- 

 coons, pages, 317-484 



CHAPTER VI. 



LOCALITIES W^HERE POULTRY-DESTROYING ANIMALS; 

 ARE FOUND. 



Miscellaneous Introductory Notes — A Convenient Class- 

 ification—A Grand Field for Scientific Research— 

 The Mecca of Naturalists — Over SOO Kinds of Birds- 

 Species New to Science — Fine Territory in Winter — 

 Winter Birds— Some Animals Which Have Been Ex- 

 terminated — When The Flint Lock Was Employer! — 

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



