THE RABBIT AND THE HARE. 47'7 
ninety feet. The Umbrella Magnolia, a small tree, with large, 
white flowers, seven or eight inches broad, and rose-colored fruit, 
is said also to be found in our western counties. 
The Papaw, belonging to the tropical Custard-apple family, 
grows in rich soil, upon the banks of the western waters of New 
York, which is its extreme northern limit. 
The Kentucky CofFee-tree, with its peculiar blunt branches, is 
also found in rich woods, on the banks of the rivers of our west- 
ern counties. It is a rough, rude-looking tree, with rugged bark, 
and entirely without the lesser spray one usually finds on trees. 
We have one in the village, and it has attained to a good size, 
though scarcel}^ forty years old. 
Monday, 5ih. — Fine day. Saw a Woodpecker in the village; 
one of the arctic woodpeckers, which pass the winter here. They 
are not common in our neighborhood. 
Tuesday, 6th. — Rabbits brought to the house for sale. They 
are quite numerous still about our hills ; and although they are 
chiefly nocturnal animals, yet one occasionally crosses our path in 
the woods by day. At this season our rabbits are gray, whence 
the name zoologists have given them, the American gray rabbit ; 
but in summer they are yellowish, varied with brown. They differ 
in their habits from those of Europe, never burrowing in the eartli, 
so that a rabbit warren could scarcely exist in this country, with 
the native species, at least. Our rabbit would probably not be 
content to be confined to a sort of garden in this way. Like 
the Hare, it makes a form for its nest, that is to say, a slight de- 
pression in the ground, beneath some bush, or wall, or heap of 
stones. It is found from New Flampshire to Florida. 
The Northern Hare, the variety found here, is much largei* 
