GRAY RABBIT. 



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TRANSLATION. REMARKS. 



hare, and scarcely larger than a than that of the Alpine or lesser 

 rabbit ; hence in North America he hare." 

 is frequently called rabbit. 



2d, The proportion of the legs. 

 The hind-feet being longer and the 

 fore-feet shorter than either of the 

 three. 



3d, The colour of the ears ; they 

 have a black margin outside, but 

 no black spot at the tip. 



2d, FoRSTER says, " The propor- 

 tion of its limbs. Its hind-feet being 

 longer in proportion to the body 

 than those of the rabbit and the 

 common hare. 



3d, " The tip of the ears and 

 tail, which are constantly gray, not 

 black," Kalm's Travels, vol. ii., p. 

 45. 



The ear being less in length se- 

 parates it from the comLmon hare. 



4th, The colour of the tail ; this 

 is on the upper surface not black, 

 or as intensely black as that of the 

 hare. 



The ears of the Northern hare, 

 the species here referred to, are con- 

 siderably less in length than those 

 of the common European hare. 



The upper side of the tail of the 

 European hare, (L. timidus,) is 

 black, that of the Northern hare 

 generally dark brown. 



5th, The colour of the body. 



That of the European hare is not 

 as dark. 



6th, Its mode of living and habits. In the description of these habits 



by FoRSTER, two species had been 

 blended. 



It can therefore only be a distinct He meant distinct from those of 

 species. Europe. 



It is a native of all North Ameri- 

 ca, from Hudson's Bay to Florida. 

 It does not migrate far, but confines 

 itself to a narrow compass. 



The Gray Rabbit is not found at 

 Hudson's Bay, where the other 

 abounds. In his views of the South- 

 ern range of the Northern hare, he 

 was misled by Forster, and suppos- 

 ing Kalm's rabbit referred to the 



