. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Ilwtn l»i Oxley Grahham. HEDGEHOG UNROLLED ROOTING FOR WORMS. blind for some days after birth. The spines are also soft, but soon begin to harden. The common hedgehog presents some variety in its coloration, but as a rule is a dull buff colour, the spines being light at their bases and tips, darker in &1 the middle. Albinos are occasionally |2c recorded. Like the majority of our ^ British mammals, the hedgehog is largely &£ nocturnal in its habits. It can run with ?^P great rapidity. There still lingers in some PI pa
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Ilwtn l»i Oxley Grahham. HEDGEHOG UNROLLED ROOTING FOR WORMS. blind for some days after birth. The spines are also soft, but soon begin to harden. The common hedgehog presents some variety in its coloration, but as a rule is a dull buff colour, the spines being light at their bases and tips, darker in &1 the middle. Albinos are occasionally |2c recorded. Like the majority of our ^ British mammals, the hedgehog is largely &£ nocturnal in its habits. It can run with ?^P great rapidity. There still lingers in some PI parts the old fallacy that hedgehog's climb fruit-trees and carry away fruit on their spines, but as they subsist on animal, and not vegetable diet, this belief is too absurd to need comment. In conclusion I may say a word about the hedgehog as food. It is not eaten in England, unless by gipsies; though in France, like most things, it finds its way on to the dinner-table. 3S-2. Photo bu Oxley Grabham. HEDGEHOG ROLLED UP. 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 London
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