CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 329 



Distribution of rabbits in the United States 329 



Protective powers of rabbits 330 



Breeding habits 330 



Food of rabbits 331 



Injury to field crops 331 



Injury to gardens 332 



Injury to trees 332 



Injury to nurseries 333 



Rabbits in forest plantings 333 



The rabbit as game 334 



Protective legislation 334 



The farmer and rabbit protection 335 



Means of repression 336 



Natural enemies 336 



Hunting the rabbit 336 



Rabbit drives 337 



Trapping the rabbit 337 



Poisoning rabbits 338 



Protection of crops from "rabbits 339 



Rabbit-proof fences 339 



Tree protection 340 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PL \TES. 



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Plate XXXVII. Eastern cotton-tail rabbit {Lepus foridanus rnallurus) 332 



XXXVIII. Apple trees injured by rabbits and by meadow mice 332 



TEXT FIGURE. 



Fig. 34. Details of Wellhouse rabbit trap 338 



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