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to "Fur Farming in Canada," by J. Walter Jones (Conserva- 

 tion Commission, Ottawa), was as follows: 



Foxes in Captivity in Canada 



BASTARD 

 RANCHES BLACK CROSS AND RED 



Prince Edward Island 200 650 150 1,000 



Nova Scotia 13 32 30 150 



New Brunswick 8 30 10 50 



Quebec 6 40 10 50 



Ontario 14 30 40 150 



Other Provinces 18 10 50 



241 800 250 1,450 



The Black Foxes are centred at the following points: 

 Summerside, Charlottetown, and Montague in Prince Ed- 

 ward Island; Quebec City and Piastre Bay, Quebec; Wyo- 

 ming, Ontario, and Carcross, Yukon. 



The Swift Fox, or Kit Fox,^ is the smallest and dainti- 

 est of all our foxes. Its color is a beautiful silver-gray, with 

 a tinge of yellow. It is strictly an inhabitant of the Great 

 Plains region from the Rio Grande to the Saskatchewan, 

 but, owing to the readiness with which it eats poisoned meat 

 that has been put out for wolves, it has already become very 

 scarce. In spite of its name, it does not run with remarkable 

 swiftness. 



The Arctic Fox.^ — This creature of the polar world is 

 a striking example of climatic influences on a species, and 

 also of the danger that lies in describing a species from a 

 single specimen. In the far North, the Arctic Fox is snow- 

 white all the year round. Farther south it is white in 

 winter, but in summer is bluish brown. In the southern 



^ Vul'pes ve'lox. '^ Vul'pes la-go'pus. 



