LEPUS. 357 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. texensis deserticola, but darker above in 

 summer pelage; in winter pelage like L. t. eremicus or L. iularensis. 

 Ears shorter; hind foot slightly larger. 



Color. Fall Pelage. Upper parts mixed black and buffy fulvous, 

 deeper on the sides; pectoral band dark fulvous; top of head and 

 sides of face grizzled gray ; orbital ring and sides of face pale fulvous ; 

 ears finely grizzled fulvous brown. In summer the orbital ring is 

 nearly white; cheeks are pale buffy gray, and the pectoral collar pale 

 yellowish buffy. 



Measurements. Type. Total length, 555; tail vertebrae, 95; hind 

 foot, 126. 



888. Lepus tularensis Merriam. 



Lepus tularensis Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvii, 1904, p. 136. 

 Tulare Jack Rabbit. 



Type locality. Alila (San Joaquin Valley), Tulare County, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Geogr. Distr. Baker's field, Tulare Basin, south end of San Joa- 

 quin Valley, California. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. t. deserticola, but paler and more yel- 

 lowish; size rather small. 



Color. General color pale buffy grayish toned with yellowish; 

 back slightly grizzled with black; nape patch whitish; face and neck 

 pale buffy yellowish or yellowish buff slightly grizzled with dark 

 hairs; pectoral collar pale yellowish; thighs grayish clay color; under 

 parts white tinged with pale yellow; bufEy on sides. 



Measurements. Total length, 558; tail vertebrae, 84 ; hind foot, 117. 



889. Lepus californicus Gray. 



Lepus californica Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist., i, 1837, p. 586. 

 Lepus calif ornictis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 291. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W.In-' 

 dies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 437. Zool. wSer. 

 Lepus bennetti Gray, Voy. Sulphur, Zool., 1844, p. 36, pi. 14. 

 California Jack Rabbit. 



Type locality. "St. Antoine," Santa Barbara County? California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northern California south to Cape St. Lucas, Lower 

 California, Mexico. 



a. Lepus cnlifomicus jcanti Thomas. 



Lepus californicus xanti Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., 

 I, 1898, p. 45. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 438. Zool. Ser. 



