122 LEPUS. 







gray; on back pure white with a terminal black patch; anterior border 

 of ears gray, black at tip; posterior edge white; tail above black, bu- 

 neath grayish buff. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Mi'iisHn-mciitx. Total length, 550; tail, 92; hind foot, 117. 

 Skull: Ocripito-nasal length, 84.4; Hensel, 67.2; zygomatic width. 

 40..}; intertemporal width, 11.9; length of nasals, 29.1; palatal length, 



. length of upper molar series, i;-' s ' length of mandible, 56.8; 

 length of lower molar scries, 15.1 Ex type in United States National 

 Museum. 



Lepus calif ornicus bennettii Gray. 



LcpHs bennettii Gray. Voy. Sulphur, Zool., 1844, p. 35, pi. 14. 



Type locality. California. Type in British Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern California west of summit of Coast Range, 

 from near Gaviota Pass to Mexican border and south along the coast 

 to San Quentin, Lower California. Vertical range from sea-level at 

 San Diego to about 6000 feet altitude in mountains to the eastward. 

 Zonal range mainly Upper Sonoran. 



Genl. Char. Smaller than L. calif ornicus and paler. Skull not s<> 

 heavy. 



Color. Top of head and back pinkish buff, washed with black; 

 nape cinnamon, some specimens grayish drab; under side of head 

 whitish; under side of neck dark buff; sides of body like back, but 

 less black; lower part of shoulder, inner side of thighs and abdomen 

 light ochraceous-buff ; top of fore feet buffy fawn, hairs with black 

 tips; tail above black; beneath brownish buff. 



This form has generally been considered the same as L. calif ornicus, 

 and in the Check-List was made its synonym. Mr. Nelson in his ' Rab- 

 bits of North America' has separated it from that species and given it. 

 a distinct rank. 



Subgenus G. Lepus. 



Lepus bairdi cascadensis Nelson. 



Lepus bairdi cascadensis Nels., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XX, 1907, 

 p. 87. 



Type locality. Roab's Ranch, near Hope, British Columbia. 



Geogr. Distr. Cascade Mountains near extreme southern border of 

 British Columbia from Hope, on Eraser River, south along east side 

 of mountains at least to Martin and Easton, Washington. Vertical 

 range undetermined. Zonal range mainly Canadian and Hudsonian. 



Color. Upperparts dusky reddish cinnamon-brown; patch on 

 rump large, blackish; head dark reddish cinnamon. In winter UK- 

 pelage is pure whit''. 



