on middle of rump; gular area clay color; rest of under parts white 

 except a cream buff patch on sides of abdomen, such as are usually 

 seen before the thighs. Tail, above black, beneath white. Ears on 

 anterior surface yellowish brown mixed with black, the border buff 

 succeeded by a narrow black line, inner surface with base and tip 

 black, intermediate space grayish white; inside ears buff with an 

 elongated black patch near outer edge; the border is white at base, 

 then buff, and black at tip. 



Measurements. Total length, 570; tail vertebrae, 75; hind foot, 

 123; ear from crown, 142. 



439. meianotis. {Lepus), Mearns, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1890, 



II, p. 297. 



Type locality. Independence, Kansas. 



Geogr. Distr. Kansas, Indian and Oklahoma Territories, and 

 western Texas. 



Genl. Char. General color above bright fulvous, no gray nor 

 ashy, head brownish yellow. Size large. 



Color. Above bright fulvous mixed or blotched with black, 

 lower part of throat and pectoral band dark fulvous; sides of rump 

 and thighs yellowish white, sometimes lined with black. Tail, above 

 black, this color extending in a narrow line a short distance on the 

 rump; ears anteriorly brown and black mixed; a narrow black line 

 inside fringe, which is pale fulvous; posterior border white to the tip, 

 which is black; inner surface white, tip black. 



Measurements. Total length, 590; tail vertebrae, 77; hind foot, 

 130; ear from crown, 142. 



440. texensis. (texianusl Lepus), Waterh. (nee Aud. & Bachm.), 



Nat. Hist. Mamm., 11, 1848, p. 136. 



Type locality. Texas? actual locality unknown. 



Geogr. Distr. Southeastern Oregon to Mexico, and from Sierra 

 Nevada Mountains to eastern border of plains east of Rocky Moun- 

 tains? 



Genl. Char. Size large, color fulvous, not grayish or ashy. 



Color. Head brownish yellow; above bright fulvous mixed with 

 black; sides of rump and thighs white lined with black; shoulders 

 and pectoral band deep fulvous, under parts white; ear fringed an- 

 teriorly with bright fulvous. Tail, above black, beneath grayish; 

 whiskers white. 



Measurements. Total length, 590 ; tail vertebra, 77 ; hind foot, 

 130; ear from crown, 142. 



