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Title: Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leafletsIdentifier: cu31924090281373 (find matches)Year: 1911 (1910s)Authors: Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930Subjects: Nature studyPublisher: Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing CompanyContributing Library: Cornell University LibraryDigitizing Sponsor: MSNView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image: Mammal Study 213Text Appearing After Image: A cotton-tail rabbit. THE COTTON-TAIL RABBIT Teacher's Story "The Bunnies are a feeble folk whose weakness is their strength. To shun a gun a Bun will run to almost any length."—Oliver Herford. T IS well for Molly Cotton-tail and her family that they have learned to shun more than guns for almost every predatory animal and bird makes a dinner of them on every possible occasion. But despite these enemies, moreover, with the addition of guns, men and dogs, the cotton-tail lives and flourishes in our midst. A "Molly raised two families last year in a briar-patch back of our garden on the Cornell Campus, where dogs of many breeds abound; and after each fresh fall of snow this winter we ha.ve been able to ^trace our bunny neighbors in their night wanderings around the house, beneath the spruces and in the orchard. The track consists of two long splashes, paired, and between and a little behind them, two smaller ones; the rabbit uses its front feet as a boy uses a vaulting pole and lands both hind feet on each side and ahead of them; owing to the fact that the bottoms of the feet are hairy the print is not clear-cut. When the rabbit is not in a hurry it has a peculiar lope, but when frightened it makes long Jumps. The cotton-tails are night wanderers and usually remain hidden during the day. In summer, they feed on clover or grass or other juicy herbs and show a fondness for sweet apples and fresh cabbage; in our
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