Rabbit Habits There is a time of year when rabbits
live mainly below ground and another when.they lie out. In September and October, before the wind has a cold bite in it and the land .. begins to sleep, the population of most warrens seems to come out for part of the day, feeding when the dew is on the grass and creeping into a sleeping place about mid- morning. I walked over a rough field that contains a great colony of rabbits one after- noon last week and at every tuft of grass or clump of clover f disturbed a rabbit. In a month's time there will be a brief hour in the afternoon when one or two come out to feed, but nine-tenths of the colony will be huddled below. The habit of sleeping in the fresh air will have been broken and the field will be criss-crossed with well-worn runs, the delight of the man who sets snares.
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