Show Cottontail a Mixture The American cotton cottontail tall combines s the characteristics of ot both hares and rabbits though h he Is distinctly smaller than the hares hures with shorter legs nn and 1 smaller fe feet t and ears cars The Tile chief distinguishing dis dis- dis mark Is the fluffy flurry snowwhite snowwhite snow snow- white underside of the tile tall tail ah a always s 's sIs visible vis Is vis- vis IsIble ible in n retreat says Nature Magazine lIe He lives on vegetable food tood and is a t pest to f forage fields and orchards when his M kind becomes too numerous A Average adult length eI eighteen Inches weight three pounds |