724 



Aniciiciin IIeiiin;jf (J nil, 



Shrike or Butcher liird, 



Night hawk. 



Whip-poor- will, 



Horned Grebe (male). 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 



Common Robin, 



Turkey Vulture. 

 Second, in the line of mammals, the following: 



Opossum, 



Jack Rabbit, 



Fox Squirrel, 



Chipmunk, 



Flying Squirrel, 



Red Squirrel, 



Gray Squirrel, 



Ferret. 



The heads of some of these birds and other animals 

 last mentioned have been reproduced on the plates at 

 the end of this chapter. Tbese heads show much 

 better than any pen pictures could do^ the absolute 

 need of a document which will clearly show the dif- 

 ferences between domesticated and wihl animals of 

 both furred and feathered kinds. 



A BAD CLASS OF CATS. 



There is a certain class of common house cats, 

 which, in tiie course of their noisy and blood-thirsty 

 careers, becomei dissatisfied with the comforts and 

 trials they have about human habitations. 



Some assert these felines have been disappointed 

 in love affairs; others affirm it is because they have, 

 with the assistance of the English Sparrow and hat- 

 bird hunters, practically destroyed all the native birds 



