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H. A. SANTEE, Moorstown: 



The hawks and owls are mean enough for anything, and su 

 Is the mink and fox. 



J. J. EALER, Morgan's Hill: 



I have seen chicken hawks catch birds and partly grown 

 chickens. In my chicken house a year ago a weasel killed 

 seven ducks about one-third grown, in one night. I have seen 

 the common house cat kill, on many occasions, small rabbits in 

 the field. 



JOHN C. SNYDER, Middaghs: 



Hawks, large owls, foxes, skunks, opossums, raccoons, 

 minks and weasels are alike destructive to poultry and game. 



E. B. MARKS, Easton: 

 An everyday occurrence. 



W. G. BERCAW, Easton: 

 Hawks killing poultry, etc. 



JAMES A. HARPER, Ackermanville: 



Red squirrels robbing birds' nests; crows robbing nests and 

 skunks robbing" quail, pheasants' nests, etc. 



GEORGE R. GROINS, Easton: 

 Find game, etc., torn to pieces; done by owls, hawks or foxes. 



NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. 



EZARIAH YOCUM, Bear Gap: 



I have seen where rabbits and quail have been killed by owls; 

 saw the track of the owl in the snow. 



B. B. SMITH, Shamokin: 



Have known gray and red fox to destroy eggs and young 

 of pheasant. 



J. W. BARTHOLOMEW, Sunbury: 

 Have seen hawks strike pheasants. 



S. A. PECK, Northumberland: 



Hawks do us more harm than hunters, as they hunt con- 

 tinually. 



PERRY COUNTY. 



E. A. SHEARER, New Germantown: 



I have seen at the entrance to a fox den feathers of partridge, 

 pheasant and wild turkeys, tame turkeys, chicken feathers and fur 

 of rabbits. In this community foxes have become so bold as 

 to come to the farmer's barn for chickens. I also know ol 

 wildcats killing- the tame and wild turkeys in this township. 



S. A. GL'TSH.\I..L, New Germantown: 



I bave known liawks, owls and fo.xes lo destroy poultry and 

 song birds. 



