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COMMON HARE. 



Lepus Timldus. L. cauda abbreciata, auricidis apkc nigris, Cff- 

 pite longioribus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 160. 



Subferruginous-brown short-tailed Hare, with ears longer than 

 the head, and tipped with black. 



Lepus. Gesn. Quadr. 69. Aldr. dig. 247. Raj. Quadr. 204. 



Le Lievre. Biff. 6. p. 246. pi. 38. 



Common Hare. Pennant Quadr, 2. p. 98. 



THE Hare is an animal so familiarly known as 

 to supersede the necessity of any very minute de- 

 scription. It is a native not only of even- part of 

 Europe, but of almost every part of the old conti- 

 nent. It may perhaps be doubted whether it be 

 an aboriginal native of any part of America. 



The favourite residence of the Hare is in rich 

 and somewhat dry and flat grounds, and it is 

 rarely discovered in very hilly or mountainous 

 situations. It feeds principally by night, and re- 

 mains concealed during the day in its form, be- 

 neath some bush, or slight shelter. 



The swiftness of this animal is proverbial, and 

 on account of the conformation of its legs, the 

 hinder of which are longer than the fore, it is 

 observed to run to most advantage on slightly 

 ascending ground. 



The general length of the Hare is about tv;o 

 feet ; the colour a subferruginous grey, with the 

 chin and belly white, the throat and breast ferru- 

 ginous, and the tips of the ears blackish : the tail 

 is black above, and white below : the feet are co- 

 vered beneath as well as above with fur; the in- 



