. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 222 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. fox's bark, however, is one slwrt, suddenly loud squall, bearing not the remotest resemblance to the bark of a setter. The terrier's bark may be a great deal nearer in pitch, but it is quite as far off in qual- ity of tone. Indeed, between the dog and the fox there is, after all, very little similitude.' Reynard's burrow is usually on the border of the wood, and per- ^i'^ haps beside some old stump ; not infrequently he resorts to safer retreats beneath the broken ro
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 222 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. fox's bark, however, is one slwrt, suddenly loud squall, bearing not the remotest resemblance to the bark of a setter. The terrier's bark may be a great deal nearer in pitch, but it is quite as far off in qual- ity of tone. Indeed, between the dog and the fox there is, after all, very little similitude.' Reynard's burrow is usually on the border of the wood, and per- ^i'^ haps beside some old stump ; not infrequently he resorts to safer retreats beneath the broken rocks which have fallen from the steep ledges of some mountain. He is a rather strong - smelling animal, and ^]| his home is consequently not without a characteristic odor, all the more apparent in the dampness of a summer evening. The fe- male bears her young anywhere from the middle of March to the middle of April. She has from four to eight little ones, with the prettiest faces imagin- able. They make famous pets when captured early in life, but unfortunately turn out treacherous and sly in the Reynard's 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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