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D. THOMPSON, Wellsboro: 

 Hawks are the most destructive to poultiy, game, etc. 



C. A. KENNEDY, Morris: 



In May, 1896, I was going u|> Lung Uuii mi the log train, 

 when I saw a fox not ten feet from the track jump into a 

 brush heap, and when he raised up he had a partridge in his 

 mouth. Upon investigation I found a nest with twelve eggs 

 in it, and have often seen in the woods where foxes and cata- 

 mounts have caught partridges and rabbits. 



W. WAGNER, Academy Corners: 



1 have seen hawks kill song birds; one species, I ihink thf 

 long-tailed chicken hawk, destroys the young partridges. 



W. E. CAMPAIGN, Wellsboro: 



Have seen hawks catch song birds, and have seen in snow 

 wh€re foxes caught grouse. 



W. WAGNER, Academy Corners: 



In the summer of 1894 a fire burned about three thousand 

 acres of land. This destroyed the game in that section. It was 

 caused by a man burning a yellow jacket's nest. It destroyed 

 several thousand dollars' w^orth of property. 



VENANGO COUNTY. 



H. C. DORWORTH, Oil City: 



The foxes in this neighborhood are the greatest enemies of 

 the grouse. I saw where, during a period of four weeks, 

 eight grouse had been caught and eaten by the same old fox 

 in one copse of about one hundred acres. I tracked him to 

 his hole and tried to shoot him at different times; he was 

 finally killed. This was very near Oil City. If the other foxes 

 do as well on full-grown birds, you can imagine what they 

 can do on young birds in the early summer. You cannot go 

 a mile from here without crossing fox tracks. 



R. G. L.JlMBF:RTON, Oil City: 



Frequently find the remains of grouse an<i rabbits partly 

 eaten by foxes and chicken, hawks. 



JOHN A. WILSON, Franklin: 



Have shot a number of hawks, and each one was just at a 

 meal of grouse. 



WARREN COUNTY. 



AL. AL/BAUGH, Tldioute: 



Weasels, minks, foxes, polecats, hawks, owls and raccoons 

 destroying poultry, game, etc. 



ELI S. KELLER, Warren: 



I find in my hunting that minks, weasels, foxes, wildcats, 

 owls and hawks ai-e very destructive. 



