MONTHLY WILDLIFE RESEARCH LETTER 
Vol. 2, No. 5 
Page 2 
Table 1.—Number and size of shot pellets found in hair-mats. 
Mat 
Number 
Total Number 
of Shot Pellets 
Size of Shot* 
1 
3 
#8(1), ;,'9(l), #?(l) (lost) 
2 
1 
#6 
o 
J 
1 
#6 
k 
16 
#8(]1*), #9(2) 
9 
10 
#6 
6 
6 
#8(5), #5(1) 
7 
2 
#6 
8 
1 
#5 
* The shot pellets were measured with a pair of precision calipers and compared 
pellets of known size. 
During March, 39 live rabbits were trapped on the Allerton Park 1*-H 
Area and x-rayed for the presence of shot pellets; 9 were found to contain shot. 
= Table 2.—Number and size of shot pellets found in x-rayed rabbits. 
Number of 
Rabbit Number 
Shot Pellets 
Size of Shot* 
981* 
1 
? (flattened against bone) 
966 
1 
#6 
799 
1 
#6 
7U3 
2 
#1* 
963 
1 
#5 
* The size of the shot in the x-ray pictures was determined by comparison with 
an x-ray picture of shot pellets of known size. 
The presence of a few shot pellets in apparently healthy rabbits 
raises the question of the significance of one or two pellets in hair-mats. There 
were, however, three hair-mats which contained a sufficient number of pellets 
as to leave little doubt concerning the cause of the death of the rabbits. 
