. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. rigin, is small; its red eyes shine out pleasantly from A Tricolor R.\ of J.\i. in families, for its flesh is good when young. Ithas a large progeny, which are easy to raise. The Frc7ich papilloii {or butterfly) rabbit, also a small species, is of recent date ; some years ago it appeared onh at shows, but, being a pretty animal, it soon found admirers to raise it. It is white with black, yellow, gray, or steel-blue spots placed with some regularity. The nose and ears must always be of the same color as the spots. From be
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. rigin, is small; its red eyes shine out pleasantly from A Tricolor R.\ of J.\i. in families, for its flesh is good when young. Ithas a large progeny, which are easy to raise. The Frc7ich papilloii {or butterfly) rabbit, also a small species, is of recent date ; some years ago it appeared onh at shows, but, being a pretty animal, it soon found admirers to raise it. It is white with black, yellow, gray, or steel-blue spots placed with some regularity. The nose and ears must always be of the same color as the spots. From behind the ears a stripe extends along the back, and the spots ought to be ranged with regularity on each side about the haunch. This breed is raised in about the same manner as the Dutch rabbit, but the French animals are bred more for food than for ornament. The Norman rabbit is incontestabh the best of all species for hutciiering. It attains a weight of from nine to ten jiounds and may be killed when five ■months oki. It is raised in 26o OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. A Blue Beveren Rabbit (Male) vast numbers in the villages ofFrance, and it is this breed thatin the Paris markets. It isvery prolific and is able tobear privations. It is raisedalmost exclusively as an arti-cle of food. The black-and-tan rabbitsare the result of the cross-ing of various species mingledwith wild blood, which can beperceived at first sight. It isby far the shyest and leasttamable of its tribe; if anyone goes near its hutch itwill burrow into the darkestcorner. Although its appear-ance is certainly sullen, andeven savage, its body is ab-solutely beautiful. Its fur, of the north ofis chiefly sold a brilliant black and very thick, is fine forcloaks and pelisses ; it is white on the belly,under the jaw, about the ears, and on thetips of its paws. The same species in steel-blue is also extremely handsome and goesby the name of bhie-and-taii. Both breedsoriginated in England, whence they wereimported into Franc
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