SUMMARY. 



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WILSON'S SNIPE. — Gallinago delicata. 

 Other names: English Snipe, Jack Snipe, 

 Guttter Snipe. 



Range — From Canada and British Columbia, 

 south in winter to the West Indies, and even 

 to South America. Breeds from the latitude 

 of New England southward. 



Nest — Slight depression in the grass or moss 

 of a bog. 



Eggs — Three to four ; gra3'isli-olive to 

 greenish-brown, spotted and blotched with 

 reddish-brown. 



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BLACK WOLF.- 

 in Florida. 



-Canis occidentalis. Found 



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AMERICAN RED SQUIKKEU — Seiurus 



Hudsonius. Other name: Chickaree, from 

 its cry. 

 Common in North America. 



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PRAIRIE HEN. — Tympanucus americanus. 

 Other name: Pinnated Grouse. 



Range — Prairies of the Mississippi Valley, 

 east to Indiana and Kentucky, north to 

 Manitoba, west to the eastern Dakotas, 

 south to Texas and Louisiana. T. cupido, until 

 lately supposed to be this species, is now 

 apparently extinct, except on the island of 

 Martha's Vineyard. 



Nest — On the ground in the thick prairie 

 grass. 



Eggs — Eight to twelve, of tawn brown, some- 

 times with an olive brown hue, occasionally 

 sprinkled with brown. 



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AMERICAN RABBIT.— Z,<f/>«jr svlvaticus. 

 Other names: Cottontail and Moll)' Cottontail. 



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OCELOT. — Belis pardalis. Other name : 

 Tiger-Cat. 



Range — l""rom the southwestern United States 

 to Patagonia. 



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