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THE CANADIAN NATUHALIST. 
house. He was playful, but did not appear much short of 
his full size, though not one season old. I was sorry to 
hear a few days after, that some malicious person had killed 
poor Reynard, from spite to his master. 
C. — - Does the Fox extend far over the continent ? 
F, — Yes ; it is found in high northern latitudes, and as 
far south as the Gulf of Mexico at least ; how much farther 
I am unable to say. In the south, it is hunted with much 
avidity by sportsmen, where I have been told of a curious 
instance of that cunning, for which the animal is proverbial. 
When pursued through the forest, he will often make for 
some tree which grows in an inclined position, run up the 
trunk, and then leap off to a considerable distance, in order 
to break his trail, and put the hounds at fault. 
C, — - Here is a green Grasshopper, with long legs and large 
wings : it resembles the great green species of England. 
F. — This species ( P/ii/llopterus M^/rtifolius ?Jis not un- 
common in autumn, flying about willows and bushes ; but it 
does not often alight on the ground. The ovipositor is 
broader than that of the species you named, and much 
curved upward. A much smaller and more delicate species, 
f Locusta ? ) quite a little one, of a bright green, with 
very long ovipositor, may be found occasionally among the 
grass at this season. The ringing crink of some species now 
begins to be heard at evening, and continues through the 
night, with such unceasing pertinacity, as to drive sleep 
from the eyes of a stranger ; yet habit reconciles us to this, 
as it does to other evils, to so great a degree, that it is, in 
fact, after a little while, unheard, except when the attention 
is directed towards it. 
C. — I have lately had a new Noctua evolved, the Furbe- 
low-moth ( Calyptra Libatrix) ; it is likewise an English 
species : its colours are very delicate and beautiful. The 
Green Comma Butterfly f Grapta Frogne f J is beginning to 
be numerous. 
