. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. GNAWERS. lis shelter in places that afford them neither a warm sun, nor an agreeable pasture. When full grown it is larger than the rabbit, and exceedingly like that animal, but its color is slightly different, and the black spot on the extremity of its ears is a simple method of distinguishing it. The hare does not burrow like the rabbit, but makes a kind of nest of grass and other materials. In this nest, called a &q
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. GNAWERS. lis shelter in places that afford them neither a warm sun, nor an agreeable pasture. When full grown it is larger than the rabbit, and exceedingly like that animal, but its color is slightly different, and the black spot on the extremity of its ears is a simple method of distinguishing it. The hare does not burrow like the rabbit, but makes a kind of nest of grass and other materials. In this nest, called a " form," the hare lies, crouching to the ground, its cars laid along its back, and, trusting to its concealment, it will often. remain quiet until the foot of an intruder almost touches it. Many people can distinguish it when thus hidden by the sparkle of its eye. The soil and climate have their influence upon this animal as well as on most others. In the countries bordering on the north pole, they become white in winter, and are often seen in great troops of four or five hundred, running along the banks of the river Irtish, or the Jenisca, and are white as the snow they tread on. They are caught in traps for the sake of their skins. Rabbits of the domestic breed, like all other animals that are under the protection of man, are of various colors, white,. 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. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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