158 Carnivora Fissipedia. 



Blue Fox are district varieties, but that the White Fox 

 becomes dark in summer. We are inclined to accept the 

 latter theory. The range of the Cross Fox is the same as 

 that of the Black and Silver varieties, except that it 

 extends further South in the United States. 



On the Pacific Coast the Grey Foxes are found only in 

 California and Oregon, but they are plentiful all through 

 the southern and south central states, and in the east are 

 met with as far north as Connecticut. The habitat of the 

 Kitt Fox is on the prairies and plains of the far west and 

 southwestern states. 



The mating season of the Red Fox is in February or the 

 beginning of March, and the young, from five to nine to a 

 litter, are born in April or early ]\[ay. The mating season 

 of the Grey Fox is later and its young are produced in 

 May. This species is not as carnivorous as the Red Fox, 

 and fruit, corn and fish form a larger part of its diet. The 

 Arctic Foxes, who in their natural state subsist chiefly on 

 Lemmings, and in some parts of their habitat on the car- 

 casses of the Seals that have been killed for their fur, take 

 very kindly to a vegetable diet in their captivity. The 

 Grey Fox prefers the wooded districts for its home, but 

 the different varieties of the Canis-fulvus are inclined to 

 the more open country, although all North American 

 Foxes, with the exception of the Kitt or Swift Fox, take 

 to the rough hilly country rather than the level plains. 



Red and Grey Foxes do not mix. In the sections where 

 both species were at one time plentiful the Greys have in 

 some instances driven out the Red, while in others the 

 Reds have dominated and surplanted the Greys. 



In Virginia and the other southern sections of its hab- 

 itat the North American Red Fox attains its deepest 

 coloring, bat the animals there are much smaller than 

 those seen in the northern part of its range; the bellies 

 of this variety are sometimes white, but usually black ; the 

 long bushy tail is of lightish brown color with longer 

 black hairs on the top, and it has a white tip. The whiskers 

 are black, and the ears are covered with a short black 

 velvety fur. 



The largest of all Red Foxes inhabit the Kadiak Island. 

 Their skins are three feet long exclusive of the tail, but 

 the color is pale and the cjuality of the fur is coarse. The 



