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this remarkable change in the far, no hair falls from 

 the animal ; hence it appears that the hair actually 

 changes its colour, and that there is no removal of it. 

 The fur retains its whiteness till the month of March, 

 or later, according to the temperature of the atmo- 

 sphere ; and by the middle of May it has again a grey 

 colour. 



