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states further that the young, as in the case of the Cotton-tail, are 

 born naked, blind and helpless" (/. c.. p. 273). 



Specimens examined from Illinois : 

 Reevesville, Johnson Co., 2; Olive Branch, Alexander Co., 3 = 5. 



Map illustrating the approximate distribdtion of the Swamp and Marsh Rabbits belonging 

 to the subgenus Tapeti. 



Sylvilagus aquaticus (BACHMAN). Type locality Supposed to be western Ala- 

 bama. Description as previously given. 



Sylvilagus a. littoralis NELSON. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 29, 1909, p. 273.) Type 

 locality Houma, Louisiana. Size of aquaticus, but color more reddish and 

 decidedly darker. 



Sylvilagus palustris (BACHMAN). (Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1837, p. 194.) 

 Type locality Coast of South Carolina. Smaller than aquaticus and under 

 side of tail grayish. 



Sylvilagus p. paludicola (MILLER & BANGS). (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., IX, 1894, 

 p. 105.) Type locality Fort Island, near Crystal River, Citrus Co., Florida. 

 A dark reddish brown form with short, broad ears. 



