CONTENTS. XIX 



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V. G. & J. "W. Audubon 207 



Further Researches in 1843 207 



Octavo Edition of the " Quadrupeds". 208 



THE MINK. 



Destructive to Poultry 208 



Its Quickness and Cunning 209 



Mode of Stealing Fowls 210 



Minks Abundant on the Ohio River 211 



Fond of Fish.... 212 



Catches Rats and Mice 213 



A Mystery Solved 213 



Preys on the Marsh Hen 214 



Effect of Fear on Animals 216 



Residence of the Mink 216 



Flies to the Water when Pursued 216 



Dives at the Flash of a Gun 217 



Easily taken in Traps 217 



Very Tenacious of Life 217 



Emits an Offensive Odor when Provoked 218 



Easily Domesticated when Young 218 



Skin an Article of Commerce 219 



Beautiful Silver-Gray Specimen 220 



CHAPTER XVn. 



THE BUFFALO. 



The Largest of American Quadrupeds 221 



Remains of Lost Races 222 



Rapid Disappearance of the Buffalo 222 



Still numerous on the Prairies of the Far "West 223 



Much addicted to Wandering 224 



Fights of the Buffalo Bulls 224 



Bellowing heard for Miles 225 



Cross Rivers on the Ice 225 



