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Chap. IV. 



is broader and blunter ; and in the specimen, fig. 8, it is so in a 

 remarkable degree. This point approaches nearer to the auditory 

 meatus than in the wild rabbit, as may be best seen in fig. 8 ; but 

 this circumstance mainly depends on the changed direction of the 



Fig. t>.— Skull of Wild Rabbit, of natural size. 



Eig. 7.— Skull of large Lop-eared Rabbit, of natural 

 size. 



meatus. The inter-parietal bone (see fig. 9) differs much in shape 

 in the several skulls; generally it is more oval, that is more ex- 

 tended in the line of the longitudinal axis of the skull, than in the 

 wild rabbit. The posterior margin of "the square raised plat- 



