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distinguished from that of Europe by the closest attention. 

 Such are the 



L. tolai, Gm., Schreb. CCXXXIV. (The Siberian Rabbit.) 

 Which is intermediate between the Hare and Rabbit as to pro- 

 portions, and which occasionally surpasses the former in size. 

 It makes no burrows, but seeks shelter in the clefts of rocks or 

 other cavities. 



L. Jlmericanus and Braziliensis^ Gm.; Lepiis nanus, Schreb. 

 CCXXXIV. (The American Rabbit.) Nearly similar in size 

 and colour to the European species ; feet reddish ; no black on 

 cither ears or tail. Nestles in the hollows of trees, up which it 

 sometimes ascends as far as the branches. Flesh soft and in- 

 sipid.(l) 



L. capensiSf.Gvn.; Geoff., Quadr. d'Egypte. (The African 

 Hare.) The ears a fifth longer than the head ; size and colour 

 nearly those of the European species ; the feet however are a 

 little longer and somewhat reddish. It appears to be found 

 from one extremity of Africa to the other, at least the one from 

 Egypt does not differ from that of the Cape. 



Lagomys, Cuv.(2) 



Moderate ears ; legs nearly alike ; the hole below the eye sim- 

 ple ; clavicles nearly perfect, and no tail : they often utter a sharp 

 cry. They have hitherto been found in Siberia only, and it is to 

 Pallas (Glir. p. 1 et seq.) that we are indebted for their discovery. 

 Lepus pusillus, Pall. Glir. I, Schreb. ccxxxvii. (The Dwarf 

 Lagomys.) Of a greyish brown ; the size of a Water-Rat. 

 Lives in small burrows, in fertile countries, on fruit and birds. (3) 

 Lepus ogot07i7ia, Pall, Glir. Ill, Schreb. ccxxxix. (The Grey 

 Lagomys.) A very light grey, with yellowish feet j a little larger 

 than the preceding ; nestles among heaps of stones, in the fis- 

 sures of rocks, Sec, where it collects hay for the winter. 



Lepus alpinus, Pall. Glir. II, Schreb. ccxxxviii. (The Lago- 

 mys Pica.) Size of a Guinea-Pig, and of a yellowish red. In- 

 habits the summits of mountains, where it passes the summer 

 in selecting and drying the plants of which it makes its pro- 

 vision for the winter. Its hay-stacks, which are sometimes six 

 or seven feet high, are a valuable resource for the horses of the 

 sable hunters. 



(1) Add the Black-Necked Rabbit of India, &c. 



(2) Lagomys, i. e. Rat-Hares. 



(3) Pallas describes another still smaller species from the north-eastern extre- 

 mity of Asia, Lepus hyperboreus, Zoog. Russ.1, 152, 



