Red Fox 



circled around to get the wind of me, trusting more to his 

 nostrils than to his eyesight. 



He was a large male, gray about the face and cheeks, and per- 

 fectly black on his legs and the backs of his ears. His tail was 

 a supurb white-tipped brush, well grizzled with black. When I 

 spoke to him he sprang into the air and went bounding away to 

 the woods, then stopped and looked back at me for a few seconds 

 before disappearing among the trees. 



Varieties of the Red Fox 



While the "cross fox," "silver fox," etc., are merely indi- 

 vidual colour varieties, there are several well-marked geographic 

 forms of the red fox. 



Skull of Red Fox 



Red Fox. Vulpes fulvus (Desmarest). Description and range as 



above. 

 Nova Scotia Red Fox. V. fulvus rubricosa Bangs. Larger and 



brighter rusty red. 

 Range. Nova Scotia. 



Newfoundland Red Fox. V. deletrix Bangs. Smaller than the 

 red fox, with larger hind feet and claws. Color paler and 

 less rusty. 

 Range. Newfoundland. 



Kit Fox 



Vulpes velox (Say) 



Length. 25 inches. 



Description. Yellowish-gray above, darkest on the back, hairs 



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