38.5; at middle, 41; postpalatal length, 34.5; frontal breadth across 

 middle of postorbital processes, 21; breadth of nasals posteriorly, 

 17.5; anteriorly, 14. (Merr., 1. c.) 



419. saliens. Osgood, N. Am. Faun., 1900, No. ig, p. 39. 



Type locality. Caribou Crossing, between Lake Bennett and 

 Lake Tagish. 



Gcogr. Distr. Limits of range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to Z. <?. (^(7/Vv//, but more yellowish. Audital 

 bulla? very large. 



Color. Worn Spring Pelage. Above black and yellowish buff; ill 

 defined black dorsal stripe; edge of thighs, outer side of fore legs 

 and pectoral band buff; head and ears buff, with black intermingled; 

 ears margined with white; nose gray; feet white, mixed with rufous; 

 under parts white. 



Measurements. Total length, 395; hind foot, 134; ear from crown, 

 74. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 77; zygomatic breadth, 38; nasals, 

 33; molar series, 15. (Osgood.) 



420. bishopi. (Lepus), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1899, p. 11. 

 Type locality. Mill Lake, Turtle Mountains, North Dakota. 

 Geogr. Distr. Limits of range not known. 



Genl. Char. Small; ears very small; hind foot not so long as 

 that of L. americanus. 



Color. Summer Pelage. Above grayish brown tinged with yellow- 

 ish; blackish dorsal stripe; head yellowish brown; sides pale buffy 

 gray; beneath white; pectoral band pale yellowish brown; outside of 

 fore legs yellowish brown; hind feet yellowish brown; ears yellowish 

 brown tipped with black; outer edge white. 



Measurements. Total length, 350; tail vertebra:, 45, hind foot, 

 115; ear from crown, 55. Skull: total length, 75; zygomatic breadth, 

 35; mastoid, 29; postorbital constriction, 13; length of nasals, 28. 



421. klamathensls. {Lepus), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 16, 1899, 



p. 100. 



Type locality. Fort Klamath, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Oregon, limits of range not known. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. a. columbietisis ; white stripe on hind 

 foot; bullae small; outer face of jugal grooved anteriorly, and upper 

 ridge reaching anteriorly beyond end of groove. 



Color. Summer Pelage. Above fulvous and black; head, face 

 and pectoral collar dull fulvous; chin throat and belly white; white 

 stripe along upper surface of hind foot. 



Winter Pelage. Snow white; or sometimes with summer pelage 

 unchanged. 



