FOXES 



more fortunate, and one of these told me that 

 he saw a red and a black fox together. 



Every few years it is reported that a black or 

 silver fox has been killed in one or another 

 of the neighbouring towns ; but just what propor- 

 tion of these reports is true I am unable to say. 



The gray fox is a wholly distinct species which 

 does not intergrade with the others, being smaller 

 and of decidedly different build. Its colour is 

 dull yellowish gray, and it usually lacks the white 

 tip on the tail so characteristic of the others. 

 Although a southern species whose habitat is 

 commonly given as " Pennsylvania and south- 

 ward," it appears to possess the wandering habits 

 of its tribe, and, unless I am very much mistaken, 

 is not infrequently found much further north. I 

 have received accounts of two foxes shot within a 

 few miles of me recently, the description of which 

 agreed perfectly with this species. The hunter 

 that killed one of them supposed for a time that 

 he had killed a genuine silver fox. 



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