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HARE. 
37. VARYING. 
VARYING HARE. 
DIV. IL. Sect. I. Digitated Quadrupeds. 
Without Canine TEETH: and with twoCuTrTine TEETH 
only in each jaw. 
Generally Herbivorous, or Frugivorous. 
HIST. -2EAD.. Genvs XXVE 
Hift. Quad. N° 242.—Alpine Hare, Br. Zool. i. N° z1.—Lev. Mus. 
ARE. With the edges of the ears and tips black: the colors,, 
in fummer, cinereous, mixed with black and tawny : tail always 
white. 
Mr. Graham fays, that thofe of Hudfon’s Bay are of the fame fize 
with the common; but thofe which I have examined in Scotland are 
much lefs, weighing only fix pounds and a half: the common Hare 
weighs upwards of eight. 
This fpecies inhabits Greenland, where alone they continue white 
throughout the year*; and are very numerous amidft the fnowy 
mountains. They are ufually fat; and feed on grafs, and the 
white mofs of the country. They are found about the rocks at 
Churchill, and the ftreights of Hud/on’s Bay; but are not common, 
They breed once a year, and bring two at a timet. They change 
their color to white at approach. of winter. They are met with in. 
Canada and Newfoundland; after which the fpecies ceafes to the 
fouthward, or at left I have no authority for its being continued ; 
the Hare of New England feeming, by Fofélyn’s account, to be the 
following fpecies. 
* Crantz,i.70. Egede, 62. + Mr. Grabam 
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