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WILSON'S SNIPE.Gallinago delicata. Other names: English Snipe, Jack Snipe, Gutter Snipe.

Range—From Canada and British Columbia, south in winter to the West Indies, and even to South America. Breeds from the latitude of New England southward.

Nest—Slight depression in the grass or moss of a bog.

Eggs—Three to four; grayish-olive to greenish-brown, spotted and blotched with reddish-brown.


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BLACK WOLF.Canis occidentalis. Found in Florida.


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AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL.Seiurus Hudsonius. Other name: Chickaree, from its cry.

Common in North America.


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PRAIRIE HEN.Tympanucus americanus. Other name: Pinnated Grouse.

Range—Prairies of the Mississippi Valley, east to Indiana and Kentucky, north to Manitoba, west to the eastern Dakotas, south to Texas and Louisiana. T. cupido, until lately supposed to be this species, is now apparently extinct, except on the island of Martha's Vineyard.

Nest—On the ground in the thick prairie grass.

Eggs—Eight to twelve, of tawn brown, sometimes with an olive brown hue, occasionally sprinkled with brown.


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AMERICAN RABBIT.Lepus sylvaticus. Other names: Cottontail and Molly Cottontail.


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OCELOT.Felis pardalis. Other name: Tiger-Cat.

Range—From the southwestern United States to Patagonia.


Transcriber's Note:

  • Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
  • Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
  • Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
  • The Contents table was added by the transcriber.




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