bring them food. The young in this den were moved to
other dens every week or so, and to my certain knowledge were moved
three times before they were dug out by a friend and myself. One
transfer was for more than one-third of a mile. There were six of them
about the size of small cats. These dens seem to have been woodchuck
holes dug out and enlarged. Some were in hillsides, but some were on
level ground. The den dug out was an old woodchuck hole. It extended
about 25 feet into a bank, with a large nest chamber at the end about
six feet from the top of the ground. A second entrance to the tunnel led
down from the top of the bank and joined the tunnel about 12 feet from
the nest. Some dried grass was noted in the nest chamber. A black fox
was taken in Pittsfield Township in 1878, and I have heard of another
being seen at a later date.

_Urocyon cinereoargenteus cinereoargenteus._ Gray Fox.--This small fox
persisted in this county for many years. I saw one in Lodi Township in
1866 which had been treed by a dog. In October, 1866, two were shot near
Saline by J. H. Bortle. The last one known to me in the county was
taken in Steere's Swamp, near Ann Arbor, in the winter of 1882. The
species is very local, living in swamps and woods, which it rarely
leaves. It has a sharp bark which is heavier than that of the red fox.

_Procyon lotor lotor._ Raccoon.--In this county the raccoon was formerly
very common, according to the early settlers, and did much damage to
poultry and to the corn when in the milk. In return it served as food
and its skin was both an article of dress and a medium of exchange, a
coon-skin being valued at 25 cents. It was still very common in Lodi
Township in 1870-80 and furnished the sport of "cooning," when it often
led both dogs and men a tiresome chase through woods and swamps and
often escaped to its den in some big hollow tree.

When taken young it makes an interesting but very mischievous pet, and
cannot be allowed loose in the house. I once had three as pets, and
nearly all kinds of food given them were treated to a bath before eaten.
It is omnivorous in its food habits and eats all kinds of fish, flesh,
eggs, apples, berries, and is especially fond of green corn. On this
food the coon grows fat, and when winter comes curls up in some den tree
and sleeps through the winter, sometimes alone, and sometimes with
several others. I have known of seven being found in a big hollow tree
in Lodi Township. Th