CONTENTS OF PART XL 



Rodentia (Rodents)— 



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LeporidcB (Hares and Rabbits) — 



Genus Oryctolagus — 



The Rabbit or Cony . . . . .217 



Genus Lepus ....... 229 



Group Eulagos ...... 249 



The Common or Brown Hare .... 250 



The English local names have been revised in part by Mr W. W . 

 Skeat, M.A. {assisted by Professor W. W. Skeat), and in part by 

 Mr C. M. Drennan, M.A. Lond., late Scholar Emm. Coll. Camb. ; 

 the Celtic and Gaelic names by Dr E. S. Quiggin, A/. A., Ph.D., 

 Fellow and Lecturer in Modern Languages and Celtic of Gonville 

 and Caius College, Cambridge ; while a list of Scottish Gaelic 

 names have been supplied by Mr C. H. Alston. Valuable 

 assistance has been rendered by Mr M. A. C. Hinton regarding 

 extinct Mammals. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Full-page {Black and White). 



Scottish Blue Hare. 



Head of British Brown Hare {Lepus europceus occidentalis), Female. 



Spoor of Irish Hare: (1) left fore; (2) right fore; (3) right hind ; (4; 

 right hind, sinking deeper in softer mud. (Natural size.) 



Head of Irish Hare {Lepus hibcruicus), Male. 



Figures in Text. 



Spoor of Rabbit in Snow. {From a Sketch by L. E. Adams.) 



Skulls of: (1) Lepus europceus ; (2) L. timidus scoticus ; (3) Oryctolagus 

 cuniculus. (All life size.) 



Skulls of: (1) Lepus europceus; (2) Oryctolagus cuniculus; and (3) 

 Palate of Lepus timidus scoticus (all viewed from beneath, and 1 1 

 times natural size). (4) Mandible of Lepus. 



Cheek-Teeth of Lepus, diagrammatic and magnified. 



Side view of Skull of Lepus europceus. (Life size.) 



