Science-gossip (1896) (14583110088)

"Making for the Hedgerow" From 'The Hare' (Longman's Fur and Feather Series.)
Identifier: sciencegossip03lond (find matches)
Title: Science-gossip
Year: 1894 (1890s)
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Subjects: Natural history Science
Publisher: London : Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Berlin : R. Friedländer & Sohn
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: American Museum of Natural History Library



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ected with hares are their diseases.Referring to them, the author remarks withgreat truth: Vve know xery httle about thediseases from v.-hich wild animals suffer. Inconfinement their maladies are connected moreor less with improper feeding and want of adequateexercise and fresh air ; and these disorders can be SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 47 overcome by patience and trouble. But I never yetmet anyone who had devoted special attention to theinvestigation of the diseases which affect our smallerwild animals. Further he says: The topic seemsto suggest fresh fields for skilled research, andagain, Men neglect to study the habits of thebirds or beasts which live around them, simply Europe. One with fur of thick texture, andshowing a tendency to become white in winter,inhabits North-east Europe ; the central varietyof Europe, which includes our English hare, ischaracterised by having fur of moderate texture;whilst the third form inhabits Southern Europe,and exhibits a remarkable thinness of its fur, when
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Making for the Hedgerow.From^ The Hare (Longmans Fur and Feather Series.) because, they say, they are common. Almostevery bird or beast is common somewhere ; butits abundance or scarcity is of minor importance tothe true naturalist. The common brown hare ofEngland and the Lowlands of Scotland is acreature of temperate climates. Mr. Macpherson,quoting Mr. Oldfield Thomas, of the BritishMuseum, says there are three distinct varieties in compared with the other two varieties. We give,by the courtesy of Messrs. Longmans, two of theillustrations from this work: one showing thered hare, in the picture entitled Making forthe Hedgerow, and the other of blue hares, or mountain hares, an entirely different race fromthe red, in that labelled A Hare Drive. Redhares in Britain vary considerably in weight, 40 SCIEXCE-GOSSIP. plenty weigh r.ir.e ir.i ter. r ur:very big hcire. :: irei .rs.: rziirthough enor — : z; : r 1: : I u l . r. ?-:donbtedly sea.! ;r. rrr r:r re-pounds. The r ; .r. Zur; ^ r^r.