Coyote 
the Colorado valleys they range in great numbers, making their 
dens among the broken sandstone ridges of that lonely country. 
In the flat lands they dig burrows for themselves or else 
take possession of those already made by badgers and _prairie- 
dogs. Here in the spring the half-dozen or more coyote pups 
are brought forth, and it is said that at this season the old 
ones systematically drive any large game they may be chasing as 
near to their burrow, where the young coyotes are waiting to 
be fed, as possible, before killing it, in order to save the 
labour of dragging it any great distance. When out after jack- 
rabbits two coyotes usually work together. When a_ jack-rabbit 
starts up before them one of the coyotes bounds away in pur- 
suit while the other squats on his haunches and waits his turn, 
knowing full well that the hare prefers to run in a circle, and 
will soon come round again, when the second wolf takes up 
the chase and the other rests in his turn. In this manner the 
jack is finally tired out and overtaken. When some particularly 
shy old jack-rabbit starts off for a straightaway run instead of 
circling, the coyote in pursuit tears away to one side and gen- 
erally succeeds in turning him back towards the spot where the 
other wolf is waiting. 
When hunting antelope and deer the coyotes spread out 
their pack into a wide circle, endeavouring to surround their game 
and keep it running inside their ring until exhausted. 
Sage-hens, grouse and small birds the coyote hunts suc- 
cessfully alone, quartering over the ground like a trained pointer 
until he succeeds in locating his bird, when he drops flat in 
the grass and creeps forward like a cat until close enough for 
the final spring. 
It is a well-known fact that a coyote will follow a trapper 
or a party of roving Indians, picking up the scraps left about 
their camp-fire, or wherever they may have been skinning game. 
If unmolested at such times, he soon loses much of his native 
wildness and exhibits considerable boldness. 
During hard seasons, when there is little food to be had 
and even gophers and field-mice are hard to find, the coyote, 
it is said, adopts a partially vegetable diet, eating the fruit of 
the prickly pear, and in winter wild-rose hips and Juniper 
berries. 
