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in the more temperate regions retains its colour ail 

 the year round, but in the colder parts becomes 

 white in winter, when the fur grows extremely long 

 and silvery ; the edges of the ears alone retaining 

 their former colour. It is said to be extremely 

 common at Hudson's Bay, where it is considered as 

 a highly useful article of food. It breeds once or 

 twice a year, producing from five to seven at a 

 time. It is not of a migratory nature, but always 

 continues to haunt the same places, taking occa- 

 sional refuge under the roots of trees, or in the 

 hollows near their roots. 



BAIKAL HARE. 



Lepus Tolai. L, cauda abbreviafa, auricularim margine smnmo 

 nigro. Lin, Syst. Nat. GmeL p, 162. PalL Glir. p. 17, 

 f. 4./. 2. 



Pale-brown short-tailed Hare, with the upper edges of the ears 

 black. 



Tolai. BuJ. i^.p, 138. 



Baikal Hare. Fennant Qiiadr. 2. p. 104. 



This is a somewhat larger species than the 

 common hare, which it pretty much resembles as 

 to colour and general appearance, but has a longer 

 and smaller head, with a thicker nose in propor- 

 tion : the tail is longer in proportion than in the 

 rabbet, and shorter than in the common hare, 

 and is black above and white below : the end of 

 the nose and the eyes are bordered with whitish 

 hair, and the upper edges of the ears are black. 



