;>,04 MONocKAriis of mouth American kodentia. 



LEPUS AMERICANUS. 



Var. AMERICANUS. 

 Northern Varying Hare. 



Zepus americanus Erxleben, Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, 330 (bused wholly on references to the Hudson's Bay 

 specimens). — Gmei.in. Syst. Nat., i, 1786, 162.— Shaw, Gen. Zool. Main., ii, 1801,202. — Desmar- 

 i-i, Mammalogic, 1822, 351 (in part only). — Sabine (J.), Franklin's First Journ., 1624, app., 

 664. — Richardson, App. Parry's Second Voyage, 1825, 324; Fann. Bor.-Am., i, 1829,217 (syn. 

 iu part only); Back's Ant. Land Exped., 1836, app., 496. — Fiscmeh, Syn. Mam., 1829, 376 

 (mixed with L. sylvaticus). — BaCHMAn, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 403; viii, 

 1839, 76 (iu part only). — DeKay, New York Zool., i, 1842, 9") (in part only). — Wagner, Suppl. 

 Schreber's Siiuget., iv, 1844, 104 (iu part only).— Wateriiouse, Nat. Hist. Mam., ii, 1848, 108 

 (in part only). — Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., i, 1849, 93 (iu part only). — Giebel, Siiuget., 

 1855, 449. — Baird, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 579 (iu part only). — Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 3d series, xx, 1*07, 224 (in part).— Maximilian, Wi'egm. Arch., 1861, i, 142.— Ross, Cau. Nat. 

 and Geol., vi, 1867, 436.— Welch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1869, 228 (seasonal changes of 

 color). — Gilpin, Proc. aud Trans. Nov. Sco. lust. Nat. Sci., iii, 1872, 46. 



Lepus hudsonius Pallas, Nov. Sp. Glires, 1778, 30. — Bodd^ert, Elench. Anim., i, 1784, 99. — Zimmkrmann, 

 Pennant's Arktisehe Zool., i, 1787, 96. 



Lepus nanus SCHREBER, Sauget,, ii, 1792, 881, pi. ccxxxiv, B (mixed with L. sylvaticus). 



Lepus campeslris Baird, MSS. in part (labels and record-books, Smiths. lust.). — Hayden, Am. Nat., iii, 

 1869, 115. — Dall, Alaska aud its Resources, 577. 



Lepus variabilis var. Godman, Am. Nat. Hist., ii, 1826, 169 (in part only). 



Lepus burealis SCHINTZ, Synop., ii, 1845. 286. 



American Hare, Forster, Phil. Trans., lxii, 1772, 376.— Pennant, Hist. Quad., 1781, no. 243; Arct. Zool., 

 i, 1784, 95. 



Var. virginianus. 



Southern Varying Hare. 



Lepus americanus Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837,403; viii, 1839, 76 (iu part only). — 

 DeKay, New York Zool., i, 1842, 95, pi. xxvi, fig. 2 (in part only). — Wagner, Suppl. Schre- 

 her's Sauget., 1844, iv, 104 (in part only). — Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., i, 1849, 73, pi. xi, 

 xii (in part only). — Baird, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 579 (in part ouly).— Gray, Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., 3d ser., xx, 1867, 224 (in part only;. — Allen, Bull. Mus. Couip. Zool., i, 1869, 

 237.— Hall, Cau. Nat, aud Geol., vi, 1861, 306. 



Lepus virginianus Harlan, Fann. Am., 1825, 196. — Fischer, Synopsis, 376, 1829. — Doughty, Doughty 's 

 Cab. Nat. Hist., i, 1830, 217, pi. xix.— Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 301 

 (mainly ; somewhat mixed with L. eampestris). — Emmons, Quad. Mass., 1840, 58. — Thompson, 

 Nat. Hist. Vermont, 1842, 48. 



Var. washingtoni. 

 V/estern Varying Hare. 



Lepus icashingtoni Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., vii, 1855, 333, pi. xv (animal); Mam. N. Am., 1857, 

 583. — Cooper, Pacific R. R. Ex. aud Surv., xii, iii, 1860, 87.— Suckley. Pacific R. R. Ex. and 

 Surv., xii, iii, 1860, 103. — Suckley & Gibbs, Pacific R. R. Ex. and Snrv., xii, iii, 1860, 130. — 

 Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., xx, 1867, 224. 



Lepus americanus var. icashingtoni Allen, Proc. Bost. Soo. Nat. Hist., xvii, 1875, 434. 



Var. bairdi. 



Rocky Mountain Varying Hare. 



l.i pus bairdi Hayden, Amer. Nat., iii, 1869, 115.— Merriam, U. S. Geol. Surv., Sixth Ann. Rep., 1873,667. 



Lepus americanus var. bairdi Allen, Bull. Essex. IdsL, vi, 1674, 61, 66; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 



1875, 434. 



Var. AMERICANUS. 



Northern Varying Hare. 

 In winter, while, excepl the extreme tips of the ears, which are nar- 

 rowly bordered with black. Under-fur plumbeous at base, passing into rather 



