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into the streets to await the arrival of the scavenger’s cart, 
where it may be seen in company with dogs, kites, and crows. 
It likes to vary its food, however, and may often be seen search¬ 
ing ditches, pools of water, and tanks, for frogs and fish. In 
the Deccan it soars to an immense height in the air along with 
vultures, ready to descend on any carcass that may be dis¬ 
covered.” 
The White Stork ( Ciconia alba ) is also a well-known 
species, being a common summer resident in the central parts 
of Europe, particularly in Holland and Germany, retiring 
into Asia and Africa at the approach of winter. It is almost 
a household bird, living even in the midst of large cities, and 
in parts of Germany is regarded with superstitious reverence. 
A rare species from west Africa, the Saddle-billed Stork 
(Xenorhynchus senegalensis ) is also to be seen in the collec¬ 
tion. 
No. 26.—THE RABBIT WARREN. 
Passing around the lake, the visitor reaches the Rabbit 
Warren, where are kept a variety of wild and domestic races. 
The terms “ hare ” and “ rabbit ” are, popularly, of very 
uncertain application. There should be, however, no neces¬ 
sity for this confusion, as “hare ” is a comprehensive name, 
covering the whole family, while the “ rabbit ” is one par¬ 
ticular member of that family ( Lepus cu/iiculus), indigenous 
to Europe, and from which all our domestic race are probably 
derived. 
The rabbit is alone, among its kin, distinguished by the 
habit of digging burrows in the ground, all the rest of the 
family finding shelter in the underbrush, or under a tuft of 
long grass, and occasionally making use of the deserted bur¬ 
row of some other animal. 
Among the wild species usually exhibited are the large 
Jackass Hare ( Lepus callotis ) of the plains of the western 
States, which derives its name from the enormous length of 
its ears ; the Common Gray Hare ( Lepus sylvaticus ) of our 
country, and the Common Gray Hare of Europe ( Lepus 
ear op (zus). 
One compartment ot the Warren contains a number of 
Woodchucks (. Arctomys monax). This rodent, closely allied 
to the marmot of Europe, is well known to every farmer’s boy 
from Canada to South Carolina; it burrows in the ground and 
