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name Cotton Tail applies to it as well as to our Wood 

 Hare. This dress is worn from April to November, or 

 a trifle earlier or later according to location. During 

 autumn or early winter, in its most northern haunts, 

 it hecomes almost white with tlie exception of a few 

 dark hairs that fringe the ears. How is this done ? " 



Varying Hare. 



" Moulting ! " said the boys together. " Moulting 

 the dark summer hair, and getting new white hair for 

 winter." 



" That is the way that I believe the change is made, 

 hut the Wise Men have disagreed about this for some 

 time. Some of them think that the brown summer fur 

 grows longer and changes white at the approach of 

 winter. Others that the new winter coat comes in 



