. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 148 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. of the woodland lakes of northern New Hampshire, and rarely he is met with in the wilder parts of Massachusetts. The prey of this thoroughly aquatic mammal, which, somewhat web-footed, swims and dives like a fish, consists of mice, rats, muskrats, birds, eggs, fish,. The Mink. frogs, crayfish, and fresh-water mussels. He is, hke the weasel, the j^articular enemy of the rat, who, it is said, gives no battle, but yields at once; the mink severs the main blood-vessels o
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 148 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. of the woodland lakes of northern New Hampshire, and rarely he is met with in the wilder parts of Massachusetts. The prey of this thoroughly aquatic mammal, which, somewhat web-footed, swims and dives like a fish, consists of mice, rats, muskrats, birds, eggs, fish,. The Mink. frogs, crayfish, and fresh-water mussels. He is, hke the weasel, the j^articular enemy of the rat, who, it is said, gives no battle, but yields at once; the mink severs the main blood-vessels of the neck so skillfully that the deed is scarcely observable.* Occasionally the animal enters the henhouse or the poultry yard and makes away with a number of chickens and ducks; but, unlike the weasel, he does not proceed to wan- ton murder. He takes one chicken at a time, and most likely devours it, flesh, bones, and all; then, if he feels like it, he helps himself to another. When, â Fur-bearing Animals. Elliott 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929, phot. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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