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lis, they catch hirge numbers of Quails; and in this 

 State Quail, Wild Turkey and Knifed Grouse or Pheas- 

 ants, and their nests, are destroiyed by the sneaking 

 gray-coated deju'edators whenever they can surprise 

 the birds or find their carefully-concealed homes. 



WHAT FARMERS, POULTRY RAISERS AND SPORTS- 

 MEN SAY A'BOUT RED AND GTRAY FOXES. 



HON. N. B. CRITCHFIELD, Jenners Cross Roads, Somerset 

 County: 



A neighbor had a flock of eighteen turkeys, consisting of 

 mother I'en and seventeen half-grown ones, destroyed by a 

 Fox in one night during last summer. It was believed to be a 

 Red Fox because a track was outlined by feathers dropped on 

 the way for a distance of over a mile into a piece of woodland 

 where it could be plainly seen that the turkeys were dragged 

 into a hole under a ledge of rocks, and around the hole were 

 feathers and bones of other fowls that had been taken. The 

 mother Fox may have had help from the paternal occupant of 

 the den, but of that we cannot be certain. On the second morn- 

 ing after this wholesale destruction my attention was attracted 

 by the vigorous barking of a Fox at a spot near where the tur- 

 keys were when they were taken and when I gave his foxship 

 chase he went directly to the den of which I have spoken. We 

 have both Red and Gray Foxes; they are detrimental; the Red 

 is much more common and destructive than the Gray. 



A. W. OOLEGROVE, Colegrove, McKean County: 



Both Red and Gray are found here. Red is very plentiful. 

 They are very destructive to game; they, with the Wildcats, will 

 exterminate it in a short time if something is not done to ex- 

 terminate them. A large portion of this county is old slashings 

 and bark peelings which makes an ideal haunt for them. 



E. O. AUSTIN, Austin, Potter County: 



Both Red and Gray Foxes are plenty. The Red predominating 

 and most destructive to poultry. The Gray and Red Samson 

 Foxes are very shy of clearings and all prefer small wild game, 

 and all are persistent mousers; either kind, as well as the 

 Wildcat, will kill and eat the Porcupine, skinning him with 



