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and France, especially in Brittany. The fur is sometimes 

 dyed a bluish shade. 



The price of a Grey Fox skin varies from 6d. to 4s. 6d. 

 according to quality. A few years ago 12s. 6d. was 

 paid. 



In 1891 25,384 skins were sold in London. 



We have once seen a black variety. This skin in 

 question had blackish fur instead of the characteristic 

 red fur of the sides : the tips of the fur were white. 

 A closely allied species is the Rude Fox {Ca)iis rudis) of 

 British Guiana. 



PRAIRIE FOX. 



This small Fox inhabits the United States of North 

 America, probably the most central. 



In size it is even smaller than the Kitt Fox, and 

 measures about a foot in length. It is much the same 

 colour as the Virginian or Grey Fox ; that is, it is of a 

 silvery colour. The fur is very dense, and the tail is 

 tipped with black. 



The Prairie Fox is rarely met with, and but little is 

 known of its habits. 



Its skin or fur is of little value (about 2s. 3d.) on 

 account of its small size. 



A few hundred skins are imported from time to time. 



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