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Lepus caudd abbreviatd, subconcolore, auriculis apice 

 atris, cruribus postids trunco brevioribus. Lepus cuni- 

 culus. Linn. Sjst. Nat. Gmel. i. p. 162. 



Lepus caudd abbreviatd, pedibus postids corpore dimi- 

 dio brevioribus. Lepus cuniculus. Erxleben, Syst. regn. 

 animal, gen. 32, sp. 3, p. 381. 



Lepus cuniculus. Rabbet. Turton, i. p. 101. Kerr ? 

 p. 281. 



Cuniculus nostras. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 140. 



Cuniculus. Gesner, p. 362. Ruysch, i. pa. 1, p. 111. 



Cuniculus, A RABBET OR CONEY. Raii. Syn. quadr. 

 p. 205. 



Le Lapin. Buff. Sonn. xxiv. p. 225, tab. 9, fig. 2. 

 Cuv. Tab. Element, p, 131. 



Rabbet. Penn. Quadr. i. p. 140. Penn. Brit. Zool. 

 i. p. 104, tab. 10. Shaw's Gen. JZool. ii. p. 204, tab 

 162, fig. 1. Bing. Anim. Biog. i. p. 488, 



VAR. 1. The Domestic Rabbet. 



The head of this variety is somewhat more elongated than that of 

 the Wild Rabbet, which is short and very round. 



Colour various, sometimes black, black and white, silvery grey, 

 or white. White Rabbets have generally red eyes. Hair under the 

 feet, lighter yellow in the domestic than the wild Rabbet, W. B. 



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