LEPUS. 425 



DURANGO HARE. 



Type locality. Rancho Bailon, State of Durango, Mexico. Alti- 

 tude, 7,800 feet. 



Gcnl. Char. "Size of Lcfns insolitiis, but much less varied with 

 black, and the general coloration much paler, except the nape patch, 

 the legs, and feet, which are of the same deep rufous as in L. inso- 

 litns. In other respects the coloration is not distinctly different 

 from that of L. a. major, collected at the same locality. From the 

 latter it differs in being twice as large (in general bulk), and from 

 both L. insolitus and L. a. major in important cranial characters. 

 Skull similar in general contour to that of L. a. major, but very 

 much larger, with actually smaller audital bullae." 



Measurements. Total length, 457; head and body, 406; tail ver- 

 tebrae, 51; hind foot without claws, 95; ear from notch, 76. Skull: 

 total length, 79; basilar length, 60; zygomatic breadth, 36.3; length 

 of nasals, 35; width of nasals, posteriorly, 16; anteriorly, 9; alveolar 

 length of upper tooth row, 13.3; length of lower jaw, 55; height of 

 condyle, 30; alveolar length of lower tooth row, 13.6." (Allen, 1. c.) 



438. orizabae (Lcpus), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vm, 1893, 



P- 143- 

 ORIZABA HARE. 



Type locality. Mt. Orizaba, State of Puebla, Mexico. Altitude 

 about 9,500 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Puebla, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. arizonce, but darker; audital bullae 

 smaller. 



Color. Upper parts except rump deep clay color and black; 

 rump and flanks mixed gray and black ; nape patch and feet fulvous ; 

 breast drab mixed with buffy; rest of under parts white; tail above 

 grizzled drab gray, and buff, beneath white; ears grayish brown, 

 edge near tip brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 395 ; tail vertebrae, 51 ; hind foot, 90. 



439. nuttalli (Lepus), Bachm., Jour. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1837, 



p. 345, pi. 22. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 284. 



artemisia. Bachm., Jour. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1839, p. 94. 

 NUTTALL'S HARE. 



Type locality. Plains of the Columbia near Walla Walla. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Sonora, Mexico, north to 49th parallel. 



Genl. Char. Size small ; colors pale; ear short. 



Color. Above yellowish gray mixed with black and brown; rump 

 light gray and sides of body whitish yellow; nape pale cinnamon; 

 pectoral band light buff, rest of under parts white; fore legs buffy 



