52 GLIRES. THE HARE TRIBE. 



In winter, the fur of every part of the body changes to a snowy 

 whiteness, except the ears and feet, which still retain their black 

 colour. 



Found only in the alpine parts of Scotland. 



Lepus caudd abbreviatd, excepto auricularum capite 

 bre'doribus apice nigro hieme totus albus. Lepus variabi- 

 lis. Linn. Syst. Nat. Grael. i. p. 161. 



Varietas alpina alba, minor, auriculis bre'doribus apice 

 nigris, cruribus gracilioribus.'*~Lepus timidus alpinus. 

 Erxleben, Syst. regn. animal, gen. 32, sp. 1, var. *. p. 

 328. 



Lepus varialibis. Varying Hare. Turton, i. p. 101. 

 Kerr, p. 278. 



Lepus (albus) caudatus plane candidus. Brisson, regn. 

 animal, p. 



Lepus albissimus. Klein, quad. disp. p. 51. 



Lepus hieme albus. ALPINE HARE. Forster in Phil. 

 Tran. Ixii. p. 375. 



Varying Hare. Penn . Quad . ii . p . 1 00. Shaw's Gen . 

 Zool. ii. p. 201. 



Alpine Hare. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. p. 102, tab. 10. 



35. THE WILD RABBET. Tail short, and nearly of 

 the same colour as the body ; ears tipped with black ; hind 

 legs shorter than the body. Lepus cuniculus. Linn. 



Size somewhat smaller than that of the Hare ; and ears and hind- 

 legs shorter in proportion. The latter, measured from the uppermost 

 joint to the toe, are only about one third of the length of the back, 

 from the rump to the nose. 



Colour dusky brown, paler or whitish on the under parts. Tail 

 black above, whitish beneath. W. B. 



Lepus 



