CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Chapter I. — Introduction 11 



General habits 11 



Food 12 



Depredations 13 



Species found in the United Stat es 13 



Prairie Hare or White-tailed Jack Eabbit {Lepus campestris) 14 



California Jack Eabbit (Lepus californicus) 17 



Black-tailed or Texan Jack Rabbit {Lepus texianus) 19 



Black-eared Jack Rabbit {Lepus melanotis) 21 



Allen's Jack Rabbit {Lepus alleni) 22 



Chapter II. — Abundance and Rapidity of Increase 24 



Breeding habits 25 



Number of young in a litter 25 



Time of birth 27 



Chapter III. — Injury to Crops and Means of Protection 30 



Injuiy to grain, orchards, etc 30 



Protection of orchards and crops 32 



By fences 33 



Protection of single trees 34 



Smears 34 



Chapter IY. — Methods of Destruction 36 



Inoculation , 36 



Methods used in Australia 37 



Poison 38 



Bounties 40 



California 40 



Idaho 41 



Oi-egon 42 



Texas 42 



Utah 43 



Expenditures in Australia 43 



Natural enemies 44 



Epidemics 45 



Chapter V.— Rabbit Drives and Hunts 47 



California 47 



Origin of the drives 52 



Results of the drives , 57 



Oregon 59 



Rabbit huuts 60 



* Utah 60 



Idaho 62 



Colorado 63 



Snnnnary 64 



Chapter VI. — Value op the Jack Rabbit 65 



Coursing 66 



Skins 68 



Jack rabbits as game 71 



Parasites 71 



How the game is killed and shipped 72 



The market 74 



General summary and conclusions 78 



Articles on Rabbits 80 



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