HUNTING THE AMERICAN GRAY RABBIT. 



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GRAY RABBI1. 



I'ennant describes it black ;) beneath white ; throat white ; lower 

 part of the neck bright brown, mixed with white ; chest and bjlly, 

 inside of fore and hind legs, white. Color in winter, when it Joes 

 change, white." 



The Gray Rabbit changes but little with the season, except 

 that the fur is longer and finer, and has a tendency to white. It 

 is a timid, inoffensive creature ; and were it not for its excessive 

 vigilance and its astonishing powers of reproduction, would soon 

 be extirpated. Besides man, it has many other enemies. It is 

 the favorite food of the two lynxes, and is destroyed by the weasel, 

 skunk, hawUs, < wls and serpents. 



Its food consists of bark, buds, grass, wild berries, etc. ; and in 

 cultivated -districts, it is said to enter gardens and destroy vege- 

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