828 MONOGRAPHS OF NORTH AMERICAN RODBNTIA. 



Leptu 8ylvaticua Bachman, Journ. Aoad. Nat. Sri. I'liila., vii, 1837, 403; viii, 1839, 78. — Waterhouse, Nat. 

 lli.st. Mam., ii, 1848, 116.— Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., i. 1849, 17:!, pi. xxii.— WoODHOUSE, 

 Sitgreaves's Col. and Zuiii Kivet Exp., 1853, 55 ( Eastern Texas and Indian Territory). — Max- 

 imilian, Wiegm. Arch., 1861, i. 1 1 •!.— Baird, Main. N. Am., 1857, 597, pi. viii, fig. 1 (skull); 

 U. S. and Mcx. Bound. Snrv., ii, 1859, ii, 17 (Indianola, Texas).— IIayden, Trans. Am. Phil. 

 Soc. I'liila., xii, 1863, 148. — ABBOTT, Cook's Geol. of New Jersey, lt-(>8, 759. — ALLEN, Proc. 



Bost Soo. Nat. Hist., xiii, 1869, 194; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., ii, 1871, 184. 



Leptu baehnumi \\ an RHOUSE, Proe. Zool. Soo. Lond.,vi, 1838, 103; Nat. Hist. Mam., ii, 1848, 124.— IUcn- 

 MAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., viii, 1839, 96. — Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., iii, 1853,35, 

 pi. cviii (based on Wat ei house's specimens). — Baird, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 606; U. S. and Mex. 

 Bound. Survey, ii, 1859, ii, 48 (Brownsville, Texas). 



Sylvilagus bachmani Gray, Ann. aud Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d series, xx, 1867,222. 



Var. NUTTALLI. 



Sage Hare. 



Ltpus nuttalli B.iCnMAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 345, pi. xxii; viii, 1839, 79; Townsend's 

 Narrative, 1839, 329 (based on an immature specimen). — Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., ii, 

 1851, 300, pi. xciv.— Baird, Mam. N. Am., 1857,604,617. 



Lcpus syh-aticits var. nuttalli Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.,xvii, 1875,334. 



Lepus artemisia Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., viii, 1839, 94 ; Townsend's Narrative, 1839, 329. — 

 Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mam., ii, 1848, 126. — Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., 1851, ii, 272, pi. 

 Ixxxviii. — 'Woodhouse, Sitgreaves's Col. aud Zuiii River Exp., 1853, 55. — Baird, Mam. N. 

 Am., 1857, C02; U. S. and Mex. Bound. Survey, ii, 1859, ii, 48, pi. xxv,fig. 2 (skull).— New- 

 berry, Pacific R. R. Ex. and Snrv., vi, iv, 1857, 65. — Kennerly, ibid., x, vi, 1859, 16. — 

 Suckley", ibid., xii, iii, I860, 105. — Suckley &, Gibbs, ibid., 132. — Hayden, Trans. Am. Phil. 

 Soc. Phila., xii, 1863, 148.— Coues, Am. Nat., i, 1-67, 534; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 

 136. 



Sylvilagut artemisia Gray, Ann. aud Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., xx, 1867, 222. 



ifjms artcmisiacus Wagner, Suppl. Schreber'sSiiuget., iv, 1844, 114. 



Var. AUDUBONI. 



Audubon's Hare. 



Lcpus auduboiii Baird, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 608, pi. xiii (animal) ; pi. lviii, fig. 2 (skull).— Newberry, 

 Pacific R. R. Ex. & Surv., vi, iv, 1857, 65.— Kennerly, Pacific R. R. Ex. & Surv.,x, vi, 1859, 

 17 (markets of San Francisco). — Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., xx, 1867, 224. 



Zepus sylvaticus var. auduboiii Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 1875, 434. 



Var. sylvaticus. 



Wood Hare. 



Above pale yellowish-brown, varied with black; sides and rump grayer; 

 nape and limbs yellowish-rusty, fading into whitish on the anterior surface of 

 the hind legs; head above less varied with black than the back; beneath 

 white, except the breast, which is pale yellowish-brown.- The hairs of the 

 upper surface have very long shining black tips, succeeded first by a broad 

 bar of pale yellowish brown, then by a rather narrower zone of black, and 

 thence to the base grayish-plumbeous. Under-fur dark plumbeous, nearly 

 black, often tipped with pale brown. Length (tip of nose to tail), 13.50 to 

 17.00 inches; of hind foot, 3.10 to 4.20; of ear, 2.10 to 3.00; car about two- 

 thirds the length of the head; head a little shorter than the hind foot. 



