Tin-: !><>< 



mon red fox (V . with il 



Bilver, ;in<l black fox, a- well as tin' wolf (Canis 

 valuable for their furs 1 immon red fox ia more com- 



mon even in thickly settled portions of I 

 than is coiumonh supposed. M< . am think- thai il - - 

 abundant uow as a hundred years ago. "Wily, 

 - _ - libility, hi 



the su pei skill aid iutel s man, and meets 



shrewd manoeuvre and subtle stratagem all attempts at his 

 extermination." 11- - iy day as well gfht, and 



"preys upon skunks, wo6dchucks, musk-rats, hares, rab- 

 bi!-, squirrels, mice, and small birds an eggs. !!•• - 

 well-known and much-dreaded depredator of the poultry- 

 yard, destroying with equal alacrity turkeys, di -. e 

 hens, chickens, and doves; and has been known to mak< 

 with young lambs. He will trrion, and even 



and 3 e I to be fond of ripe grapes and strawberr - 



iam. from whom we ha hat the fox 



maki in caverns and led. ■ - in bur: 



in the earth, and occasionally in I stumps and hollow 



From four to nil _ ght forth a 



time, the usual period being with ns N thern N"i n Y 

 the latter pari ol M irch or first of April. 



The wolf is oneof themosl cowardly and yet wary, 

 and - ._ our wild bi - - ind, when game is abun- 



dant, wantonly destructive and wasteful. It ma ■ lair 



in rock\ caverns, under the - fallen and in 



hollow h>::s. The young are born in April and May, from 

 bix to ten pups tuting a litter (Merriam.) T 



is mostly gray northward, ng " s uthward m 



more blackish and reddish, till in Florida black wob - 

 dominate and in T - "' The prairie wolf 



coyote" (Cants leUrans) is characl Western 



plains and I The Indian . - 1 with the 



coyote, and the offspring is fertile. This fact ap] 

 support the theory that the . (with - 



rional name ( 's familiaris Linn - the 



