1884.] Anthropology. 645 
another pup, or when meeting its master. The badger seemed 
equally well pleased. This playing and fondling of each other 
was kept up for over half an hour, and until they disappeared 
that neither coyote nor badger made their appearance, but why 
they abandoned my hospitable quarters is a mystery to me. In 
these instances the coyote carried off the breakfast that I had pro- 
vided, and I could not tell whether or not it was shared with the 
badger. It, however, became evident to me that these animals do 
Rot associate by accident; they must haye some affinity for each’ 
other, or else they would not thus come together. 
coyote is naturally sociable. Often when I have encoun- 
tered him amid the wilds of nature he stood and gazed after me 
wistfully, as if he meant to say, “ I wish I could have your com- 
any.” He soon learns to know that man is his enemy, and for 
own preservation gives him a wide berth. 
Itis not at all improbable that future investigation may show 
this fell wship to be a case of symbiosis. It is hoped that this 
will call out others who have had more extended opportunities to 
I the habits of these animals. One of the first from whom 
W of this intimacy between the coyote and badger was 
*- U .Hoftile, of Lander, Wyoming Territory. —Samuel Aughey. 
A ANTHROPOLOGY.’ 
: i Astor Lisrary.—The thirty-fifth annual report of the 
x larity library, for 1883, affords some information upon the popu- 
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