Four-footed Americans and their kin . and fifteen inches oftail. In habits, he is more of a tree cat than the others ;he too, like them, is no carrion eater, only feeding uponprey that he catches himself. See the crouching figurewith ears well up, back feet braced, and tail is in the exact position of a House Cat watching aMouse. In a moment, if the birds pass under thetree, there will be a spring, a flutter, and a mass offeathers borne to the ground, and a meal for the COUSINS OF CATS 229

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