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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, (Cams azarae), 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, (N. narica). 



The Raccoon Dog, of Japan, (Nyctereutes procyonoides), 

 is to all outward appearances a raccoon, but its feet are 

 digitigrade, not plantigrade, and it is a true dog. 



