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One of the pests of Enrope.-in agriculture is 
the rai)hit, tvhich breeds seven times in a year, 
and ns it produces eight at a birth, it is estimat¬ 
ed tliat the progeny of a single pair M'ould in 
four years amount to the enormous number of 
1,274,480. It is fortunate that they have so many 
enemies, besides man, to keep them in check. 
Rabbits and hares arc much alike, but differ in 
their habits—the hare is a solitary animal, and 
makes its nest or “ form ” on tlic ground, while 
the rabbit burro\vs and lives in large colonies. 
Naturalists place all our animals that arc usually 
called rabbits among the the hares, of which m'c 
have in our entire territory some twenty species. 
Our common species is the Lepus sj/lvatious, 
found througliout the greater part of the United 
States. It retains its brown color all winter, 
while the Northern Hare, Lepns Ameriennus, 
which has a more nortliern range, is brown in 
summer, and white in ■winter. Both hares and 
rabbits are exceedingly timid, and for their safe^ 
ty from their enemies rely upon their fleetness. 
Our domestic rabbits are supposed to ho varieties 
of the European L. cuniculns. Tlie above group 
admirably represents cliarncteristics common to 
these animals—contentment when no danger is 
suspected, and great timidity when alarmed. 
