. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. If â r '.^ rooD SPEED 704 Life-histories of Northern Animals together the year around, and during May the father certainly lived in the den with the family. These Alberta Kits were known to prey largely on Mice, and when there was snow on the ground they several times showed great cleverness in catching the prairie-chickens that slept in the soft drifts. At one time the Swift was believed to be the speediest four-foo» on the Plains. This, however, proves to be
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. If â r '.^ rooD SPEED 704 Life-histories of Northern Animals together the year around, and during May the father certainly lived in the den with the family. These Alberta Kits were known to prey largely on Mice, and when there was snow on the ground they several times showed great cleverness in catching the prairie-chickens that slept in the soft drifts. At one time the Swift was believed to be the speediest four-foo» on the Plains. This, however, proves to be an error. UNSUS- PICIOUS- NESS. Fig. 189âLife study o( the Alfeiiu Kii-foz. It is very swift, no doubt, but a small animal always appears to be going faster than it really is, and the rapidity with which it gets up speed and disappears into a hole, when startled, helps to give a wrong impression of its velocity. In the scale of speed I should place it a little higher than the Coyote. It is the least cunning of our Foxes, so unsuspicious that it readily takes the poisoned baits so much used nowadays for killing Coyotes; and in this we find the reason for its rapid disappearance before settlement. In captivity it is easily managed and breeds freely, yet continues shy. Audubon and Bachman' relate of a captive specimen: "He drank more water than Foxes generally do, seemed anxious to play or wash in the cup which held his sup- ⢠Quad. N. A., 1849, Vol. II, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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