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The h'ish Naturalist. December, 



THE WEIGHT OF IRISH HARES. 



BY G. E. H. BARRETT-HAMILTON, M.A., F.Z.S. 



In preparing the article on the Irish Hare for my work 

 on British Mammals, I brought together a number of 

 details on weight from my note-book, in order to summarize 

 them in my book. It may be well to publish the details 

 as they may be of use to some subsequent investigator. 

 The weights are only given to the nearest quarter of a pound. 



Date 



i8th Jan.. 1888 

 19th Jan., 1888 

 26th-27th Oct. 

 1889 



Jan., 1890 

 19th Oct., 1909 



Total, 



Sex 

 Males 



9 



4 

 9 



16 



lbs. 



8, 7, 7, 7, 7' 7, 6,6, 6, 

 7, 6-5, 6, 6. 



7, 7-5, 7-5, 7-25, 7-25 

 6'75,6-5,6-5,5-5,5 



7-75, 7-5, 7-5, 6-75, 



6-25, 6-25. 

 Heaviest of a lot 7*5, 



7-5. 



8, 7-S, 7, 7, 7*» 7*, 7*, 

 7*, 7*, 6-5, 6-5, 6-5 

 6-5, 6-5, 6-5, 6. 



Total Average. Mean. 



lbs. 

 61 

 26 

 60 



42 



lbs. 

 6-75 



6-5 

 6-6 



lbs. 



7 

 6* 



6-75 



109-5 7' 



44 



298-5 6-8* 



Total, 10: 



691-75 6-8 



* = Nearly. 



Kilmanock, Co. Wexford. 



