LEPUS. 3.->9 



b. Lepits arcticus caniis Preble. 



Lepus arcticus canus Preble, N. Am. Faun., No. 22, 1902, p. 59. 

 Hoary Polar Hare. 



Type locality. Hubbard Point, 75 miles north of Fort Churchill, 

 Keewatin, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Barren Grounds from Fort Churchill northwards in 

 Arctic America. 



Color. Upper parts with the hairs light plumbeous at base, then 

 yellowish fawn, then dusky and tips white; throat, rump, and thighs 

 light plumbeous ; chin grayish white ; head grizzled fawn ; nape grayish ; 

 occiput dusky; soles of feet clay color; ears anteriorly dusky grayish, 

 edged at the center with white; interior dusky with the tips white. 

 Winter pelage white, ears tipped with black. 



Measurements. Total length, 570; tail vertebrae, 80; hind foot, 

 154. Skull: greatest length, 98; zygomatic breadth, 50; breadth 

 across postorbital processes, 39; length of the upper molar series, 19. 



893. Lepus labradorius Miller. 



Lepus labradorius Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiii, 1899, P- 39- 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 271. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 Labrador Hare. 



Type locality. Fort Chimo, Ungava, Labrador. » • 



Geogr. Distr. Ungava, Labrador. Range unknown. 



894. Lepus groenlandicus Rhoads. 



Lepus groenlandicus Rhoads, Amer. Nat., xxx, 1896, p. 236. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 271. Zool. Ser. 

 Greenland Hare. 



Type locality. Robertson's Bay (N. lat. 78°), Greenland. 

 Geogr. Distr. Greenland. 



895. Lepus tschuktschorum Nordquist. 



Lepus tschuktschorum Nordquist, Vega Exped., 11, 1883, p. 84, 

 figs. 8, 9, 10. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 271. Zool. Ser. 

 Siberian Hare. 



Type locality. Pitlekaj, lat. 67° N., long. 173° W., northeast 

 Siberia. 



Geogr. Distr. Northwest Alaska from the mouth of the Kusko- 

 quim River to the Arctic Ocean. Siberia. 



896. Lepus othus Merriam. 



Lepus othus Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 11, 1900, p. 28. Elliot, 

 Syn. N.Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 272. Zool. Ser. 



