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Quadrupeds. 
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THE DOMESTIC EABBIT. 
The Domestic Rabbit is larger than the wild species, 
owing to its taking more nourishment and less exercise 
(our example, however, is drawn disproportionately 
large). Like pigeons, they have their regular fanciers, 
and are bred of various colours — grey, reddish brown, 
black more or less mixed with white, or perfectly white. 
The ears are considered to constitute a principal feature 
of their beauty, and the animal is most valued when 
both ears hang down by the side of the head ; the ani- 
mal is then called a double lop ; when only one ear 
drops, it is called a single or horn lop, and when both 
stretch out horizontally, an oar-lop. 
