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found whole coveys of Quail destroyed in a single night; they 

 eat what they can and bury the rest, the same as a Dog does. 

 I found not long ago where a tree had blown down; the tree 

 lay high on the stump, the top on the ground; snow falling on 

 the trunk formed a hole or cavity under the tree; the Quail 

 went under for shelter or roost; the Fox sprang in the hole, and 

 I think destroyed them all. By going to their dens where they 

 have their young you can find feathers of poultry and game. 



SAMUEL D. IRWIN, Tionesta, Forest County: 



Reynard is well represented in the western part of Forest 

 county, on the hills and among the rocks in the neighborhood 

 of farms; both Red and Gray, the Red being the most plenti- 

 ful, constituting, I should judge, seventy-five per cent. I do not 

 consider the Fox beneficial to the farmer, especially if he wishes 

 to engage in poultry raising. Mr. Hinton, of Tionesta township, 

 in one week lost forty chickens out of two hundred, through 

 the agency of Foxes. They got so bold that they carried off 

 Chickens in daylight. They are extensively trapped and hunted 

 for their pelts and scalps, on which there is a bounty in this 

 section. 



WM. D. ROMBACH, Saltsburg, Pa.: 



Both Red and Gray Foxes; think Red are most numeroiis, 

 and they are the most destructive. Both detrimental. 



E. GARD EDWARDS, Ramey, Clearfield County: 



Foxes are common and they are more destructive to game 

 than poultry. 



D. KISTLER, Kistler, Perry County: 



The Fox destroys Wild Turkeys, Grouse and any other bird 

 he can get. Foxes carry off Lambs, and all of them ought to die. 

 Foxes are plentiful in this locality, and they destroy a great 

 deal of poultry. 



J. K. BIRD, Mill view, Sullivan County: 



We have the Red Fox. They destroy poultry of all kinds; 

 also Pheasants and young Lambs. 



M. B. TRESCOTT, Harveysville, Luzerne County: 



I have seen Foxes catch Turkeys by daylight out in the open 

 fields, and Chickens the same way, and carry them to their 



