648 Life-histories of Northern Animals 



of which is fully capable, under favourable circumstances, of 

 developing into a mature tape-worm. 



"Dogs, Wolves, and Foxes are the mature hosts of this 

 particular species of cysticerci {Ccenurus sertalis). Rabbits 

 and Hares harbour the cystic form. Treatment of this disease 

 is out of the question." 



Another specimen died from tuberculosis of the liver; 

 others were found, but not soon enough for autopsy. At that 

 time I also lost Whitetailed Jack-rabbits from pneumonia, 

 enteritis, diarrhoea, and inflammation of the bowels. Doubtless 

 the Snowshoes also are subject to these complaints. In fact, 

 they seem to have all the ills of the flesh (except possibly writer's 

 paralysis and housemaid's knee), and I feel more and more 

 satisfied that the so-called Rabbit plague is not one disease 

 but many run riot, through the Rabbits being overcrowded 

 and the whole country rendered unsanitary for their species. 



It is worthy of note that a number of Belgian Hares also 

 running wild in the park at Wyndygoul were immune from the 

 epidemic. As this Hare is simply a race of the Common 

 European Rabbit, the last circumstance should interest 

 Australians who would import our Rabbit disease. 



PARA- 'The creature of many friends', the Hare has been called, 



on account of its harmless life, yet none have a greater array of 

 enemies. Deer have bots, warbles, and flukes. Foxes have 

 flies and Hce. Grouse have ticks and tape-worms; but the 

 unfortunate Hare is harassed by each and all of these little 

 pests, as well as by every bird, beast, fish, and reptile of prey 

 that inhabits its country! 



No matter what time of summer or fall you examine a 

 Snowshoe Rabbit, you will find firmly attached somewhere about 

 it at least one or two of the blood-sucking wood-ticks {Ixodes). 

 I found them on two males taken June 25; each was decorated 

 with about a dozen. On specimens which I got at Ingolf in 

 September, 1904, I found several hundred ticks, varying in 

 size from pin-heads to peas. They were in the ears of the 



