338 



LEPORID^— LEPUS 





Adult 

 Male. 



9 o n 



ft 



Subadult 

 Female. 



il.il 



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Old 



Female. 



Ill 

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Weight, 16th Jan. 1912 . J. 



From tip of nose to end of claws 

 of hind feet . . . . 



From tip of nose to base of tail . 



From tip of nose to end of ears . 



Depth behind shoulder, meas- 

 ured in a straight line, not 

 round the curves . 



The same, just before the thighs 



Length of a hind foot (including 

 claws) 



Skull, extreme length 



Humerus; 



Badius, 



Ulna, 



Femur, 



Tibia, 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Do., inarticular length (inner 

 side) . . . . . 



Metatarsal III, length 



71b. 



(weighed 



warm) 



711 

 620 

 203 



162 

 139 



149 

 97-2 



lor-s 



110-8 

 126 -SJ 

 128-2 

 146-8 



140-2 

 66 



71b. 



(weighed 



cold) 



711 



165 

 139 



143 

 90-6 

 97 

 103-8 

 119-3 

 119-7 

 186-7 



130-9 

 60-8 



about 91b. 



(weighed 



cold) 



99-4 

 102-7 

 108-3 



124-6 

 143-6 



1S8-S 

 63-5 



110 



(Bomerset) 



164-6 



69-7 



103 



115-8 



120-6 



140-9 

 145-5 



96-7 

 106-8 

 108-3 

 123 

 127-6 

 145 



139-6 

 66-2 



162-7 

 146-6 



The habits of this species probably (io not (differ much from 

 those of the Scottish Hare. When accustomed to human 

 beings, it becomes anything but timi(i, and at my own home 

 there are few hours of the day or night when from one up to 

 (occasionally) a dozen may not be seen grazing within a 

 stone's throw of the house. Very often they will not take the 

 trouble to retire on the approach of a human being, and their 

 tracks show that in the night they wander quite close to the 

 house and even ascend the hall-door steps. Even if chased by 

 a small dog they will frequently sit bolt upright to reconnoitre 

 their pursuer. It is a pretty sight when a party of these 

 beautiful animals are feeding at close range in perfect 

 confidence, and in spring their movements are particularly 

 attractive. At that season they are unusually in evidence, 

 and go through many antics— boxing, kicking, bucking, 

 dodging, leaping sideways, sniffing at each other nose to 

 nose, or rushing madly round in a circle. Then after a general 

 scurry they settle down to feed, scraping away snow (if present) 

 with their paws ; or they may roll on their backs or stretch 

 themselves at full length on the ground. In March 1909 two 

 pursued a large domestic cat of colour somewhat resembling 



