lop-eared 4·10 24·5 7 0 1065 16 Large
lop-eared 4·10 25·0 7 13 1153 17 Large
lop-eared 4·07 — — 1037 18 Large
lop-eared 4·10 25·0 7 4 1208 19 Large
lop-eared 4·30 — — 1232 20 Large
lop-eared 4·25 — — 1124 21 Large
hare-coloured 3·86 24·0 6 14 1131 22 Average of
above seven large lop-eared rabbits 4·11 24·62 7
4 1136
23 Hare (_L. timidus_) English specimen 3·61 — 7
0 1315 24 Hare (_L. timidus_) German specimen 3·82 — 7
0 1415
V VI VII Name of Breed
WILD AND SEMI-WILD RABBITS. Capacity
calculated
according to
Length of Skull
relatively
to that of
No. 1. Difference
between
actual and
calculated
capacities
of Skulls. Showing how much
per cent. the Brain,
by calculation
according to the
length of the Skull
is too light or too
heavy, relatively
to the Brain of the
Wild Rabbit No. 1. grains grains 1 Wild Rabbit,
Kent — — 2 Wild Rabbit, Shetland
Islands — — 2 per cent. too heavy
in comparison with No. 1 3 Wild Rabbit, Ireland — —
4 Domestic rabbit, run wild, Sandon 5 Wild, common
variety, small specimen, Kent 913 38 4 per cent.
too light. 6 Wild, fawn-coloured variety, Scotland
950 32 3 per cent. too light. 7 Silver-grey, small
specimen, Thetford warren 910 28 3 per cent. too
heavy. 8 Feral rabbit, Porto Santo 873 20 2 per
cent. too heavy. 9 Feral rabbit, Porto Santo
879 123 16 per cent. too light. 10 Feral Rabbit, Porto
Santo 910 75 9 per cent. too light. Average of the
three Porto Santo rabbits 888 60 7 per cent. too
light.
DOMESTIC RABBITS. 11 Himalayan 1080 117 12 per cent.
too light. 12 Moscow 1002 199 24 per cent. too light.
13 Angora 1080 383 54 per cent. too light.
14 Chinchilla 1126 131 13 per cent. too light.
15 Large lop-eared 1265 200 18 per cent. too light.
16 Large lop-eared 1265 112 9 per cent. too light.
17 Large lop-eared 1255 218 21 per cent. too light.
18 Large lop-eared 1265 57 4 per cent. too light.
19 Large lop-eared 1326 94 7 per cent. too light.
20 Large lop-eared 1311 187 16 per cent. too light.
21 Large hare-coloured 1191 60 5 per cent. too
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