344 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



on the back, which admit light to the eyes. — The colour 

 of the body is cinereous ; that of the head and ears is 

 brown. 



A manufcript account of this animal, with a drawing 

 by Mr G. Edwards, is preferved in the Britifh Mufeum. 



The Rabbit is not a native of America. — There are 

 great numbers of them in many of the Weft-India 

 illands, which have originated from a ftock carried thi- 

 nner from Europe. 



