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the ears short, wide, and oppressed, as if a part 

 had been amputated; the tail is four inches in 

 length, the hair of which is longest at the point 

 of the junction with the body, and growing short- 

 er until it ends in an acute point ; the hairs of the 

 body are much shorter on the sides and rump 

 than those on any other part, which gives the 

 body an apparent flatness, particularly when the 

 animal rests upon his belly ; the hair is upwards 

 of three inches in length, especially on the rump, 

 where it extends so far towards the point of the tail 

 that it conceals the shape of that part, and gives 

 to the whole of the hinder parts of the body the 

 appearance of a right angle triangle, of which the 

 point of the tail forms an acute angle ; the small 

 quantity of coarse fur intermixed with the hair is 

 of a reddish-pale yellow. 



Habit. They burrow in hard grounds with 

 surprising ease and dexterity, and will cover 

 themselves in a very few moments ; they have 

 long fixed nails on each foot, those on the fore 

 feet are much the longest, and one of those on 

 each hind foot is double. 



Inhabit the open plains of Columbia, sometimes 

 those of the Missouri, and are sometimes found in 



the woods, 



/ Genus, 



Lepus. 



Species. 



Lepus virginianus^ Var. ? (Nobis.) 



