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of a hare, red-brown and downy, with 

 naked claws. Bill black, the cere or menfi- 

 brane at its base black, accompanied by 

 whitish whiskers. Nostrils at the fore part 

 of the cere, roundish, separated by an 

 oblique partition. Throat white. Iris of the 

 eye round, large, saffron-coloured, with a 

 very large blueish-black pupil. The ears 

 were large, and I could have wished they 

 had fallen under the inspection of an able 

 anatomist, as they would certainly have 

 afforded him matter for curious observa- 

 tion. The bones called the stapes, inc^is^ 

 &c., as well as the cochlea, were of large 

 proportions. The eyes also were large and 

 prominent, dilated at their base like an 

 onion. When the white outer coat was re- 

 moved, which was easily accomplished, the 

 cornea appeared of considerable thickness, 

 in which, when in a room, external objects 

 were very accurately delineated, but not 

 so abroad. The crystalline lens was re- 

 markably soft, and scarcely of more con- 

 sistency than the vitreous humour. The 



