96 CARNIVORA. 



North-west district of Canada. The few skins imported 

 are either shipped from York Fort or sent from Winni- 

 peg. They are mostly taken near the latter city. 



The Kitt Fox inhabits, or rather was an inhabitant 

 of, the more southern districts of the Dominion of 

 Canada, such as Manitoba. It is also found in Dakota 

 and other Northern States of the North American 

 Eepublic. It is never found in Virginia. 



Fawn or light brown specimens are sometimes met 

 with. By some naturalists this Fox has been confounded 

 with the Grey Fox. 



The French name of this animal arises probably 

 from the Kitt Fox being of the same colour as the 

 Turkish Fox. 



Eichardson, p. 99, says : — " The Saskatchewan is the 

 northern limit of its range. Its burrows are found in 

 the open part of the plains, at a distance from the 

 wood_y country. According to Mr. Say, it exceeds even 

 the Antelope in swiftness." 



In the Zoological Gardens of London this Fox seems 

 to suffer considerably from the heat in summer. 



The skin is of little value. A very few skins are now 

 imported, and realize from 8d. to 2s, 5d. Eight hundred 

 and fifty-six skins were sold by the Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany in 1891 ; 143 in United States and Canada sales. 

 These are chiefly made up into cheax3 wrappers, but 

 sometimes are dyed black. 



