. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 376 THE RODENTS OR GNAWING ANIMALS. Change of the "When the Alps are buried in snow Fur of the Alpine in December this Hare is as purely Hare. white as the snow itself, only the tips of the ears remaining black. The spring sun- shine induces a very remarkable change of color, this change beginning in March. The animal first becomes dark on the back, and gray hairs appear more and more numerously amid the white of the flanks. In April it has a queer, pie-bald appearance. The dark brown hue gains more ground every day, and final
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 376 THE RODENTS OR GNAWING ANIMALS. Change of the "When the Alps are buried in snow Fur of the Alpine in December this Hare is as purely Hare. white as the snow itself, only the tips of the ears remaining black. The spring sun- shine induces a very remarkable change of color, this change beginning in March. The animal first becomes dark on the back, and gray hairs appear more and more numerously amid the white of the flanks. In April it has a queer, pie-bald appearance. The dark brown hue gains more ground every day, and finally in May the change is complete, the color being uniform and not mottled like that of the Com- and crannies that the spectator can not long remain concealed from the alert animals, or have an oppor- tunity to observe for any length of time their domei^- tic routine. The Alpine Hare "A surprising fact is that the Alpine Easily Domes- Hare is more tamable than the Com- ticated. mon Hare; it behaves more quietly and shows greater confidence, but seldom endures long and fails to get fat even with the most abun- dant nourishment. It misses in the valley below the rarefied air of the upper Alps. It turns white in winter in confinement also. Its fur is not valuable, but. is very THE ALFIN£ HAB£, This animal with its white winter coat is a very appropriate inhabitant of the snowy regions of the Alps. In the summer the coat is dark brown, but in winter it is all white except the margins of the ears. These are very pretty creatures, agile, easily frightened, and always active. {Le^tts timidus.) mon Hare, the fur of which is of a coarser texture than that of the Alpine Hare. In autumn the first white hairs appear with the first snow; but as winter reaches its climax in less time than does spring in the Alps, the change is wrought more rapidly, and is completed sometime during the period extending from the beginning of October to the middle of November. When the Chamois becomes bla
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