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them with satisfactory success. The foxes are fed daily, 
on cooked corn meal and dried fish. They come up to be 
fed, and when the time comes to handle and sort them 
previous to killing the annual allotment, they greatly facil- 
itate matters by the readiness with which they enter box 
traps. 
The great decrease in the annual supply of good fur 
has caused many persons to hope that fox-breeding may 
be developed into a remunerative industry. Except in 
Alaska, no extensive experiments in that line have been 
made. It is quite desirable that fox-breeding in the United 
States should be taken up under state or national auspices, 
and worked out to a successful issue. There is good reason 
to hope and believe that it might be developed into an im- 
portant industry. 
From Argentina, South America, have come two fine 
specimens of the Azara Dog, (Canis asarac), which, but for 
their half dog-like tails might pass anywhere as rather odd- 
looking gray foxes. But they are a visible reminder of the 
fact that the pampas of South America contain an extensive 
series of foxes and wild dogs, which thus far is practically 
unknown everywhere north of the Amazon. 
The Dingo, or Australian Wild Dog, (Canis dingo), is 
represented by two specimens which look like ordinary 
yellow dogs. By many persons it is believed that this ani- 
mal was not indigenous to Australia, and was planted there 
by man, but the evidence in support of that supposition is 
by no means conclusive. 
The Coati-Mundi, (pronounced coy-ty mon-day), is for 
its size one of the best exhibition animals that can be found 
outside of the Primate House. It is closely related to our 
raccoon, but is far more showy and interesting. It has a 
very lively and industrious disposition, is a good climber, 
and from dawn until dark is almost constantly on the move. 
Although it is a carnivorous animal, and provided with 
powerful canine teeth, it is not naturally quarrelsome, but 
on the contrary is quite gregarious in its habits. The genus 
Nasua inhabits Mexico, Central and South America. We 
have two species, the Red Coati-Mondi, (Nasua rufa), and 
the White-Nosed, (NV. narica). 
The Raccoon Dog, of Japan, (Nyctercutes procyonoides), 
is to all outward appearances a raccoon, but its feet are 
digitigrade, not plantigrade, and it is a true dog. 
