. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. THE EABBIT. 25 self-billeted on the inmates, like soldiers on obnoxious house- holders, procuring lodging without permission, and eating the inhabitants by way of board. The reason for the presence of the owls is not so evident, though it is not impossible that they may also snap up an occasional Prairie Dog in its earliest infancy, while it is very young, small, and tender. These winged and scaled intruders are not found in all the burrows, though many of
. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. THE EABBIT. 25 self-billeted on the inmates, like soldiers on obnoxious house- holders, procuring lodging without permission, and eating the inhabitants by way of board. The reason for the presence of the owls is not so evident, though it is not impossible that they may also snap up an occasional Prairie Dog in its earliest infancy, while it is very young, small, and tender. These winged and scaled intruders are not found in all the burrows, though many of the habita- tions are infested by them. The general aspect of the Prairie Dog is not unlike that of its near relative, the Alpine Marmot, so familiar in this country through the mediumship of Savoyard boys, who carry the animal about in a box, and exhibit it for THE RABBIT WARKEN. One of the most familiar of the British burrowing rodents, is the common Eabbit {Lepus cuniculus), an animal notable for "sporting," as gardeners would say, into a vast number of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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