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Subspecip'c chararftT.'f. — Size about as in true rtii<Ji(li<iiii Imt cars ninch 

 larger and color of u]iperi)arts i)al('r and more yellowisli bully bniwnish; 

 bullpe larger, jugals slenderer. 



Measurements of type. — Total length, .")7o ; tail vertebra^ 7:J; hind foot, 

 SS; length of ear from notcli in <lricil skin, CiS. 



Sylvilagus auduboni cedrophilus snbsp. nov. 



( KDAR BELT COTTONTAIL. 



Tt/pe No. 14S,287, adult female, V. >'. National ^Inseum ( Biological Sur- 

 vey Collection), from Cactus Flat, twenty miles nortli of Cliff, New Mex- 

 ico; collected by Vernon Bailey, November 0, li)OC>. 



Geographic disfrihnllon. — Mainly in the cedar and ])inyon pine belt of 

 the southern two-thirds of New Mexico and eastern bimler of Arizona. 



Suhspecifc characters. — Larger and nmch richer and darker huti'y tlian 

 ,S'. a. minor; underside of neck usually rich ochraceous bully. 



Measurements of type. — Total length, oSo; tail vertebrae, M") ; hind foot, 

 92; length of ears from nolch in dried skin, (i(>. 



Sylvilagus auduboni neomexicanus snbsp. nov. 



.\i:W MKXICO COTTONTAIL. 



Type No. 118,477, adult male, U. S. National Museum ( Biological Survey 

 Collect,ion), from Fort Sumner, New Mexico; collected by J. II. Cant, 

 September 23, 1902. 



Geographic distribudon. — The IVcos Valley, New Mexico, and thence 

 into the adjacent parts of western Texas and north through western Okla- 

 homa to the central southern border of Kansas. 



Sulispecifr characters. — Size about as in S. a. minor Init ears shorter, 

 bulke smaller and color nmch more rusty Iniffy, or rusty reddish. 



Measurements of type. — Total length, 385; tail vertebrae, .")9 ; hind foot, 

 91 ; length of ears from notch in dried skin, oS. 



Sylvilagus auduboni warreni sub.sp. nov. 



COLORADO COTTONTAIL. 



Type No. 148, (;o2, adult female, U. S. National Museum (Biological 

 Survey Collection ) ; from Coventry, Colorado; collected by C. H. Smith, 

 January 4, 1907. 



Geographic distrilnitloii. — Southwestern Colorado and adjacent parts of 

 Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. 



Sutispecijic characters. — Similar to haileyi in size, length of ears and 

 abundant pelage but darker colored with more distinct gray rump patch 

 and darker rufous on nape and legs. 



Measurements of type. — Total length, 375; tail vertebrae, 51; hind foot, 

 102; length of ears from noteh in dried skin, 70. 



Sylvilagus mansuetus sp. nov. 



SAN JOSE ISLAND BRUSH RABBIT. 



Type^o. 79,041, adult male, U. S. National Museum ( Biological Survey 



