March, 1904. Mammals of Southern California — Elliot. 313 



Lepus laticinctus rufipes. 



Lepus 1. rufipes Elliot, Pub, Field Columb. Mus., in, 1903, p. 



254. Zoology. 



g Examples, from Furnace Creek, Death Valley. 



"This race was common in the heavy growth of Pluchea 

 bushes at the mouth of Furnace Creek, but was not noted else- 

 where in the valley." 



Lepus laticinctus perplicatus. 



Lepus 1. perplicatus Elliott, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 11 1, 1903, 

 p. 255. Zoology. 



7 Specimens: 1 Hannopee Canon, Panamint Mountains, 4 

 Coso Mountains, 1 summit of the Inyo Range, east of Lone 

 Pine, 1 Hot Springs, Mount Whitney. 



"On the Panamint Range this race was not rare in the Pihon 

 and Juniper Zones from 7,000 to 10,000 feet, where the drop- 

 pings were numerous. None were seen, however, above 8,000 

 feet. On the Invo Mountains it was seen as high as 8,500 feet, 

 but it was rare on this range. The brushy hillsides of the 

 Coso Range supported a great many of this race at an elevation 

 of about 5,000 feet." 



Macrotolagus. 

 Lepus texensis deserticola. 



Lepus t. deserticola Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1895, P- 

 564. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 291. 



4 Specimens: 1 Whitewater, 1 Copper City, 1 Coal Kiln, 1 

 Lone Pine. 



A common form in most parts of the desert, from the lowest 

 valleys to the lower edge of the Boreal Zone. A few were seen 

 at 9,000 feet on the summit of the Invo Range, on slopes support- 

 ing a heavy growth of sage-brush, and on the Panamint Range 

 their droppings were not uncommon at the same elevation. On 

 the eastern slope of the San Bernardino Range they were seen 

 as high as 8,000 feet. They are most abundant on the higher 

 levels of the desert. At the mouth of Furnace Creek, in Death 

 Valley, where food is abundant, they were not rare, contrary 

 to the general rule. In the vicinity of Mt. Pinos they range 

 at least as high as 6,000 feet on the eastern slope. 



