The State of Kansas, where settlements are comparatively old and where man's warfare against the coyote has been long continued, affords an excellent illustration of the animal's ability to maintain its numbers under seemingly adverse circumstances. Most of the counties of the State have for many years paid bounties for killing coyotes, and conditions have been reached where there is little fluctuation in the total amount paid from year to year. The returns of the animals killed for the fiscal twelve months from July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904, show that nearly 20,000 scalps were presented for bounty in the State. The following is a table, by counties, of the number of coyotes on which bounties were paid during the year above specified. Of the 11 missing counties, 10--Cherokee. Comanche. Finney. Grant, Haskell, Kearney, Morton, Seward, Stevens, and Wyandotte--paid no bounties, and 1, Doniphan, made no report. The bounty in all cases is $1 for each animal killed. _Number of coyotes on which bounties were paid in Kansas from July 1, 1903, to June 30. 1904._ County. Number County. Number County. Number of coyotes. of coyotes. of coyotes. Allen 73 Harper 44 Phillips 400 Anderson 129 Harvey 99 Pottawatomie 329 Atchison 48 Hodgeman 74 Pratt 242 Barber 633 Jackson 86 Rawlins 223 Barton 109 Jefferson 94 Reno 184 Bourbon 157 Jewell 106 Republic 52 Brown 70 Johnson 62 Rice 90 Butler 186 Kingman 257 Riley 206 Chase 343 Kiowa 477 Rooks 280 Chautauqua 451 Labette 137 Rush 144 Cheyenne 585 Lane 164 Russell 258 Clark 460 Leavenworth 56 Saline 186 Clay 104 Lincoln 105 Scott 193 Cloud 42 Linn 175 Sedgwick 223 Coffey 159 Logan 329 Shawnee 69 Cowley 325 Lyon 197 Sheridan 306 Crawford 51 Marion 166 Sherman 291 Decatur 240 Marshall 304 Smith 133 Dickinson 145 McPherson 210 Stafford 142 Douglas 99 Meade 224 Stanton 188 Edwards 290 Miami 96 Sumner 401 Elk 212 Mitchell 100 Thomas 185 Ellis 248 Montgomery 148 Trego 430 Ellsworth 193 Morris 176 Wabaunsee 170 Ford 500 Nemaha 58 Wallace 259