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MONOGRAMS OP NORTH AMERICAN RODENTIA. 



T iBi i XXXIX.— List of specimens of Lepus sylvaticus ear. aiiizoXjB. 



Table XL.— Measurements of Lepus sylvaticus var. auduboni. 



Tadle XLI. — List of specimens of Lepus sylvaticus rar. auduboni. 



General remarks on Lepus sylvaticus and its varieties. 



Synonymy. — The first clear and careful description of the little Wood 

 Hare of the eastern portions of the United States was published by Schoepf 

 in 1784.* He gave it, however, no scientific name, calling it simply " Der 



* Der Naturforscher, 20 Stuck, Halle, 1784. 

 pp. 599, 600. 



See Prof. Baku's translation in bis Mam. N. Amor., 



