THE STUDY OF THE RABBIT. 75 



often looks as if string were tied about body where 

 head joins it. Head somewhat egg-shaped, its axis 

 oblique to axis of trunk, and about one-third as long, 

 covered with fur, except inside of ears and tip of nose. 



STEP 3. Ears, eyes, nose, and "whiskers." 



Ears. Position : on top of head. Compare with posi- 

 tion and freedom and range of movement of child's ears. 

 Form : like a leaf rolled at base. May be well to have 

 a piece of paper cut shape of ear and rolled in same 

 way. Size : measure length, and compare with length 

 of head. Covered with fur on outside, with hairs in- 

 side, longer and more numerous toward base. Net- 

 work of veins on inside, giving pinkish tinge. More 

 or less transparent, and apparently delicate, but quite 

 strong, as shown by fact that rabbits are carried by their 

 ears. 



Eyes. Have pupils observe and tell about their own 

 eyes, their position in front of head, sunk in sockets, 

 with upper and lower eyelids, with eyebrows and eye- 

 lashes, with a dark pupil in centre of eyeball, a colored 

 part or iris about that, and the white of the eye around 

 the iris. 



Compare rabbit's eye with child's eye. Is on side 

 of head, large, stands out from head, is usually pinkish, 

 has parts corresponding to parts of child's eye, but 

 somewhat difficult to see. Perhaps quick-eyed pupils 

 can discover under the two eyelids a thin, membraneous 

 " third eyelid," which covers the pupil somewhat when 

 the eyelids are brought together, and is drawn down 

 into the inner lower corner of the eye as the eye is 



