:tf,n LEPUS. 



ST. MICHAELS' HARE. 



Type locality. St. Michaels, Norton Sound, Alaska. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northwestern Alaska. Range unknown. 



897. Lepus poadromus Mernam. 



Lt-piis paadromns Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., n, 1900, p. 29. 

 Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. ('. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 272. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 SWIFT HARE. 



Type locality. Stepovak Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska. 

 Geogr. Distr. Alaska Peninsula. Range unknown. 



898. Lepus americanus Erxleben. 



Lcpits americanus Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., i, 1777, p. 330. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 273. 

 Zool. Ser. 



Lepns hudsonius Pallas, Nov. Spec. Quad. Glires, 1778, p. 30. 



Lepits mums Schreb., Saugth., n, 1792, pi. 234 B. 



Lepns horeaiis Schinz, Synop., n, 1845, P- 2 86. 



Lepns -i iiuipestris Hayden, Amer. Nat., m, 1869, p. 115. (Part.) 

 AMERICAN HARE. 



/'r/v locality. Vicinity of Hudson Bay, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia northward to the 

 limit of trees, and westward to Alaska. 



a. Lrftns <t nirri m n it x ri ri>i nin mi x (Harlan). 



Lepus -,'in'inidnns Harlan, Faun. Amer., 1825, p. 196. 



Lepus americanus virginianns Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm.. F. C. M. 



Pub., n, i go i, p. 273. Zool. Ser. 

 VIRGINIAN* HARK. 



I ype locality. Blue Mountains, northeast of Harrisburg, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Get >!.'>'. Distr. Atlantic coast from Xova Scotia to Connecticut, 

 and in the Alleghanies south to Virginia; through the northern part 

 of the border tier of States and the -outhern half of Canada west to 

 the north shore of Lake Superior and northern Minnesota to the 

 Missouri River. 



l>. Li'/mx <i iiii-ri en n u x filiii'niinl n x Allen. 



1. 1- pits amcriianns f->Inci;<>ln* Allen. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 X. Y., [899, i>. n. Elliot. Syn. X Am. Mamm.. F. C. M Pub., 

 n, i go i . p. 273. Zool. Ser. 

 WESTERN II ARK. 



/ r/v /<< ality. Hallock. Kitt^on Cminty, Minnesota. 



(icogr. Distr. Central and northern Minnesota. Range unknown. 



