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Woodcraft x4? It is found/n all the pta/rie and plains country from the Sas- lmtchewan Valley to Mexico and from Wisconsin to the Pacific. (l?oey?n lo?) The 'coon looks like a small gray bear with a bush), ringed ta//and a large black patch on each eye. Its paws look Hke hands, and it'has the full number of five fingers or toes on e.a.ch extremity. It is found in 'all wooded regions from Manitoba south to Mexico and from Atlantic to Pacific, Coon except the desert and Rocky Mountain region. Opossum The opossum is famous for carrying its young in a pouch in front of the body. It may be known by its dirty-white woolly fur, its Opossum long, naked, prehensile tail, its hand-like paws, its white face and sharp muzzle, and the naked pink and blue ears. In size it resembles a cat. The 'possum is found from Connec- ticut to Florida and westerly to Cali/ornia. Gray-squirrel (Sciurus arolinensis) America is particularly rich in squirrels. Not counting ground-squirrels or chipmunks, we have over seventy-five different forms on this continent. The widest spread is prob- ably the red-squirrel; but the best known in the Uni- ted States is the common gray-squirrel. Its gray coat white breast, and immense