I have seen them kill rabbits in the dusk of the evening." "These do not," answered the naturalist; "at least it is supposed they do not.

Many that have been shot and opened proved to have nothing in their stomachs but insects and beetles--such as these we see upon the prairie.

I think it is probable the owls make an occasional meal of the horned frogs and lizards; though I have no proof of this farther than that birds of this kind usually prey upon such reptiles." "But how live the rattle-snakes ?" inquired Francois; "what do they feed upon ?" "Ah!" replied Lucien, "that is the puzzle of naturalists.

Some assert that they are the tyrants of the community, and devour the old marmots.
This can hardly be, as these snakes are not large enough to swallow them, in my opinion.

Certain it is, however, that they prey occasionally upon the young, as many of them have been killed with young marmots in their belly ?" "Why, then," rejoined Francois, "the snakes seem to have it all their own way.