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MAMMALS. 



Fawn, 



Varying Uare, 



Gray Rabbit (Cottontail), 



Gray Squirrel, 



Black Squirrel, 



Red Squirrel, 



Chipmunk, 



Woodchuck, 



Opossum, 



Skunk, 



Muskrat, 



Weasel, 



Mice, 



Rats. 



BIRDS. 



Wild Turkey, 



Ruffed Grouse, 



Mongolian Pheasant, 



Quail, 



Woodcock, 



Field Plover, 



Sora, 



Wood Duck, 



Mallard, 



Dove, 



Meadovv^lark. 



Nighthawk, 



Screecli Owl, 



Song Sparrow. 



This list, so far as the feathered animals are con 

 oemed, could be materially increased as tliere is 

 probably hardly a species of the bird family which 

 nests on the ground that has not suffered from the 

 raids of Foxes, which devour with alacrity any of them 

 — old or young — and if these cannot be caught they 

 eat the eggs. The Fox hunts in daytime as well as at 

 night. He Mill eat carrion if nothing beti:er can be 

 found, and fish, it is said, are also sometimes agreeable 

 to his palate. Some writers say he will eat ripe grapes 

 and many other kinds of fruit, which is no doubt true, 

 but I have never known either the Red or Gray Fox 

 to feed on a vegetable diet. 



POXES LOVE LAMB CHOPS AND PORK. 



As several gentlemen have sent communications to 

 this office defending Foxes and also asserted that these 

 animals seldom, if ever, disturbed lambs, and that it 



