tm MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Hare. 



Lepus hudfonius, or Hudfon's Bay Hare, with the tips of the ears and tall grey. Pallas, Glii\ 



30 Hudfon's Bay quadruped. Barrington, Phil. Tranf. lxii. 11. — Hare, or Hedge Coney. Law- 



fon, Carol. 122. Catefby, app. xxviii. — American Hare. Forfter, Phil. Tranf. lxii. 376. Penn. 

 Hilt, of quad. n. 243. Arct. zool. n. 38. 



Inhabits North America. — In New England, Canada, and farther north, this fpecies gets a long, filky, 

 filver-white coat of fur, during winter, the edges of the ears only remaining grey; to the fouth it retains 

 the whole year a fhort fur of an afh colour mixed with rufty and black, on the neck and body, the 

 legs pale alh colour, and the belly white. It is fmaller than the Common Hare, being only eighteen 

 inches long, and weighs from three pounds to four and a half ; it talces fhelter in hollow trees and 

 under fallen timber, and breeds once or twice a year, producing from five to feven at a Utter : The 

 fore legs are proportionally fhorter, and the hind legs confiderably longer, than thofe of the common 

 kind. 



606 6. Baikal Hare. — 5. Lepus Tolai. 8. 



Has a fhort tail ; the edges of the ears are black. Pallas, Glir. 17. t. 4. f. 2. Schreber, iv. 

 t. ccxxxiv. 



Lepus dauricus, or Daurian Hare, having a longifh tail, and a black throat. Erxleb. mamni. 335. — ■ 

 Cuniculus leporinus, or Hare-like Coney, of the fame colour with the Common Hare, and having 

 a longifh tail. J. G. Gmelin, nov. com. Petrop. v. 357. t. ii. f. 2.' — Lepus, having the upper part of 

 the tail black, and the under part white. BrilT. quad. 97^ — Baikal i\z.vc. Penn. hifh of quad. n. 

 245. — Tolai, or Baikal Hare. Sm. Buff. viii. 228. 



Inhabits the country beyond lake Baikal, in the defert of Gobi, and as far as Thibet. — This fpecies 

 is called Tolai by the Monguls, and Rangiuo by the Tanguts ; it is larger than the former fpecies ; 

 In fummer it is very much of the fame colour with the fummer coat of the Varying Hare, and in win- 

 ter turns only a little paler ; the legs are likewife fmaller than in that fpecies, and the hind legs are 

 longer; the tail is longer than that of a Rabbit, but fhorter than that of the Common Hare, and, like 

 it, is black, efpecially at the root. It agrees with the Rabbit in the whitenefs of its flefh, but does not 

 burrow ; it runs ftraight forward when purfued, and takes fhelter as foon as poffible in the holes of 

 rocks. 



S07 7- Chilefe Hare.— 6. Lepus minimus. 9. 



The tail is very fhort ; and the ears are of an uniform colour. Molin. hifh nat. ChiL 

 272. 



Inhabits the kingdom of Chili. — This fpecies is very fmall, not exceeding the fize of a fmall Rat ; 

 the body is of a conical form, the ears are fmall and fharp pointed, the fnout is lengthened, and, if 

 it be" not an error of Molina or his printer, the fore feet have four toes each, and the hind feet five ; 

 the fur is exceedingly fine, but very fhort ; the flefh is white, and very good eating. This fpecies re- 

 fembks the domeftic Rabbit, in the variability of colour, and in prolificnefs, producing almoft every 

 month, fix or feven young ones at a time, and is domefticated in Chili-. 



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