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burrows. I have followed and caught the whole nest of Foxes, 

 both old and youngr. Several years ago my father found some- 

 thing had killed our Chickens, twenty-two in number; were all 

 gone but one. He followed the trail and found the whole 

 twenty-one dragged off to hiding places. The last one, still 

 warm, was dragged into a hollow black ash. We pulled the 

 chicken out and found a Mink (a very large one) had gone in 

 first and was still trying to drag the "old rooster" in after 

 him, but the hole was too small. I came home one night and 

 found an Owl of very large size had lit down in the back yard 

 and was feeding on a Goose. I had a whole flock of Pigeons de- 

 stroyed in one night by Owls. Their roost and boxes were in 

 a long shed; we found one Owl glutted so he could not fly; the 

 others had flown to a piece of woods about twepty rods off, 

 and after a little search we found three of the Owls there una- 

 ble to fly. I "had a brood of half-grown Guineas destroyed the 

 same way. I have seen Crows dart down into a chicken yard, 

 pick up a young Chicken and fly off, and have seen Hawks do 

 the same, and sometimes take a full grown hen. I might write 

 much more in the same line of my own experience with Minks, 

 Foxes, Weasels, Crows, Hawks and Owls. 



JOHN E. STOCKER, Ashley, Luzerene county: 



We have both Red and Gray Foxes; the Red is the most com- 

 mon on our mountains; they are of no value to farmers, as 

 they destroy poultry if not secured in sheds; they are very de- 

 structive to Pheasants and Rabbits — to the young Pheasants 

 especially; oftentimes along the rocks one will find their drop- 

 ping composed mostly of Rabbit hair and toenails. English 

 Sparrows were fastened to bushes with their entrails taken 

 out and stuffed with poison; some Foxes were taken in that 

 manner, also some Dogs. Oftentimes some railroaders coming 

 down the mountains would see Foxes feeding on some recently 

 killed Cow, or be running along the track in quest of Wood- 

 chucks or the Cottontail, feeding on corn or grain dropped from 

 grain cars. 



GEO, FRANO, Ariel, Wayne County: 



Foxes are quite abundant and very destructive to domestic 

 fowls and small wild birds. 



PETER COVEY, Newfoundland, Pa.: 



Foxes are numerous; we have both Red and Gray, and they 

 are about equal in their destructiveness to game and poultry; 



