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Sheet II. 
Lepus floridanus 
Cottontail 
In an article on The Rodentia of Rhode Island, by Mr. Jemer 
M. Southwick, published in July, 1884, in the magazine entitled 
Random Rotes on Natural History, we are told that "the Wood 
Rabbit, Gray Rabbit or Molly Cotton-tail, Lepus sylvaticu s Each , 
is well distributed through the state, and is plentiful in some 
sections." Mr. Southwick also supposes that this Rabbit some¬ 
times digs burrows for itself in the earth , as well as occupying 
those abandoned by other animals. 
