SYNOPSIS OF THE 



brown in summer, white in winter ; the orbits of the eyes 

 surrounded by a reddish fawn colour at all times ; ears and 

 head of nearly equal length ; tail very short. 



Lepus Virginianus, Harlan, Amer. Fauna, 196. 



Varying Hare, Warden's Descrip. Unit. States, V. B. 2. 



American Hare, Pennant, Quad. ? Hare or Hedge Coney, 

 Lawson, 122. ? 



Icon 



Inhab. Virginia. 



Var? Plumbeous above; white beneath during summer, 

 of a pure white in winter ; tips of the ears black or reddish- 

 brown at all seasons ; body covered with fine close fur ; 

 tail round, bluntly pointed, 



Varying Hare, Lewis and Clark's Exped. vi. 179. 



693 5. L. Cuniculus (the Rabbit.) Gray and yellow 

 mixed ; reddish about the neck, throat, and belly ; white 

 tail ; brown on the upper side about seventeen or eighteen 

 inches long. 



AocavTTovs, Aristotle. Dasypus, Pliny. Cuniculus, Johnston. 

 Lepus Cuniculus, Lin. Sys. Nat. i. 77. Lepusculus, Klein, 



Rabbit or Coney of Authors. 



Icon. Schreb. 236, A. Buff. t. 6. tab. 50. Ency. Method, 

 t. 62,/. 3, t. 63, f. 1, and t. 62,/. 4 



Habitat by transportation almost all parts of the world, 

 except the north of Asia ; said to have been originally from 

 Africa. 



In domestication the Rabbit varies without end. The 

 most remarkable are — 1. The Angora. 2. The Russian 

 Rabbit, figured by Pennant from Edwards, t. 69,/ 2. 



694. 6. L. Tolai (Baikal Hare.) Gray mixed with 

 brown and yellow ; belly white ; neck yellowish ; v/hite 

 above, yellowish underneath; paws yellow; ears of the 



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