Gi'til. Char. Small: represents L. a. virginianns on Pacific coast, 

 with a more reddish tint. In the vicinity of Puget Sound this hare 

 does not turn white in winter. 



Color. Upper parts, throat and sides of head and body and 

 outer surface of limbs reddish brown, lined with black on the back; 

 beneath white; tail above lead color, below rustj- white. Under fur 

 on back plumbeous; ears black at tip and on the posterior margin of 

 the inner surface; rest pale reddish brown. In the northern part of 

 its dispersion this species turns white in winter. 



Measurements. Total length, 481; hind foot, no; ear, 81. 



f.—cohtmbiensis. {Lepus), Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1S95, p. 242. 



Type locality. Vernon, British Columbia. 



Geogr. Distr. Arid interior basin of southern British Columbia. 



Genl. Char. Size equal to L. anuricaniis ; color grayish, with 

 absence of rufous above. 



Color. Summer Pelage. Above pale tawny gray, blackish on 

 rump; crown cheeks, legs and feet light rusty; under parts white, 

 grading into bluish gray on lower abdomen. Tail above tawny gray, 

 below bluish gray; ears at base rusty; anterior terminal border, 

 black. 



Measurements. Total length, 465; tail vertebra'. 43; hind foot, 

 140; ear, 72. 



^. — dalli. (Lepus), Merr. , Proc. Wash. .Vcad. Scien., 1900, p. 29. 



Type locality. Nulato River, .A.laska. 



Cranial Char. Subspecies onlj' known from skull. Compared 

 with typical L. americanus, "the skull of L. dalli is very much larger; 

 rostrum, nasals and incisive vacuity decidedly longer; jugal longer 

 and more expanded posteriorly; molariform teeth larger." (Merr., I.e.) 



Measurements. Skull: basal length, 65; zygomatic breadth ante- 

 riorly, 37.5; at middle, 38; postpalatal length, 33.5; frontal breadth 

 across middle of postorbital processes, 21; breadth of nasals poste- 

 riorly, 15; anteriorly, 11. 



h. — nvacfarlani. {Lepus), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 1900, 

 p. 30. 



Type locality. Fort Anderson, north of Great Bear Lake, Arctic 

 America. 



Cranial Char. " Skull similar to typical /.. amnicanus. but larger 

 and heavier; nasals broad; brain case less flat; supraoccipital shield 

 narrower and tapering posteriorly ; mandible, molars and lower 

 incisors large." 



Measurements. Basal length, 67; zygomatic breadth anteriorly. 



