Measurements. Hind foot, 152; ear from notcli, 80. Skull: 

 basal length, 82; z\gomatic breadth anteriorly, 47.5; postpalatal 

 length, 43 ; breadth across postorbital processes, 37; breadth of 

 nasals posteriorly, 20; anteriorly, 16. 



418. americanus. (Lepus), Erxleb., Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 330. 



hiidsonius, Pall., Glir., 1778, p. 30. 



nanus, Schreb. Saug., 1792. 11, pi. 234 B. 



campestris, Hayden, Am. Nat., iii, 1869, p. 115, [Par/im.) 



borealis, Schinz, Synop., 11, 1845, p. 286. 



Type locality. Hudson Bay? 



Geogr. Distr. From New Brunswick and Nova Scotia north- 

 ward to the limit of trees, and westward to Alaska. 



Genl. Char. Hairs in winter with a narrow middle band of red- 

 dish brown; size medium. 



Color. Above reddish or cinnamon brown; beneath white; ears 

 black at tip behind, extending down margins; posterior edge white. 

 Tail above sooty brown, beneath grayish. 



Measurements. Total length, 634; tail vertebrae, 97; hind foot, 

 142: height of ear, 108. 



a.— phaeonofus. {Lepus), Allen, Bull. Am. Mns. Nat. Hist., 1899, 

 pi. II. 



Type locality. Hallock, Kittson County, Minnesota. 



Geogr. Distr. Central and northern Minnesota; limits of range 

 unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. americanus, but smaller and grayer. 



Color. Summer Pelage. Above pale yellowish gray mixed with 

 black; top of head suffused with fulvous; median black dorsal line, 

 indistinct; beneath white, pectoral band brown. 



Winter Pelage. Like L. americanus, save the extent of fulvous 

 under fur is less and paler. 



Measurements. Total length, 488; tail vertebra;, 56; ear from 

 crown, 88; hind foot, 139. 



b.—vir§inianu,8. [Lepus), Harlan, Faun. Amer. , 1825, p. 196, nee 

 p. 310. 



Type locality. Blue Mountain, Pennsylvania. 



Geogr. Distr. Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Connecticut, 

 and in the Alleghanies south to \'irginia; through the northern part 

 of the border tier of States and the southern half of Canada; west to 

 north shore of Lake Superior and northern Minnesota to the Mis- 

 souri River. 



Genl. Char. Winter Pelage. White at surface, plumbeous at 



