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authors.* Latert the animal was referred to Lepus crawshayi de Winton, 

 originally described from Kitwyi, central British East Africa. Specimens 

 of East African hares are so rarely in good fresh pelage that without large 

 series of skins satisfactory comparisons are difficult to make. Out of 

 twenty-five skins of Lepus capensis crawshayi in the National Museum 

 collection only two or three specimens are in fresh pelage like the type 

 and one adult topotype of L. c.abbotti, but comparison of these specimens 

 leaves no doubt as to the subspecific distinction of the Kilimanjaro hare. 

 The young example referred to abbotti comes from Maji-ya-chumvi, be- 

 tween the Taita Hills and the coast. It is interesting that the Kiliman- 

 jaro hare resembles in color the Cape form so much more than it does the 

 intermediate subspecies. 



* True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 15, p. 468, 1892; Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. 6, vol. 12, p. 269, 1893. 



+ Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 6, p. 316, 1910. 



