front tracks two individual tracks *. 



H Qt 



of the cottontail never blend into ' 9 



1* 



one mark on account of the slen- 

 derness of the feet. The jump A 



picture of both the small rabbits 

 in dry snow sometimes appears n 

 very much like that of the mar- | ** 

 ten ; but by following the trail for 

 a short distance one will always \i 



^* 



dispel any doubt. 



In illustrated articles the writer E if 1 1 



has seen drawings and photo- T * * 



graphs of tracks and trails ^ jj 



claimed to have been made by the s* '* 



J K* 



New England cottontail which jj 



looked exactly like those made by 3 |l 



the varying hare. If there was B 4 *< 



^ 



no mistake in identification, the =r ^f 

 Western cottontail, which the il- -3 

 lustrations represent, evidently t 



makes tracks entirely different /f < 



^ 



from those of the Eastern vari- 

 ety. There is every reason to be- (; 

 lieve, however, that the track of 9J 



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