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Fiuuily LI'iPORID.E. IIauks. 



Lepus ameiicanus Washingtoni (J3;iir(l). ll'tstcni J^iri/hHj Hare. 



Not uncommon in the upper Hiicnvmento Valley, and sometimes ranges 

 well into the foothills. 



Lepus sylvaticus Auduboni (Baird). Amhihayihi Hare. 



Not uncommon about Humboldt Bay, where two specimens were 

 obtained. Found at Fort Crook by Capt. John Feilner. 



Lepus campestris Bacliinan. Prairir Hare. 



Fort Crook, Captain Feilner. I shot a hare near Eagle Lake, in June, 

 which I thought to be this species, but the specimen was not preserved. 



Lepus Tro-wbridgei (Bainl). Trowhridfjea Hare. 



Fort Crook, Captain Feilner. A liare whicli I took to be the species 

 was seen on the Sage Plains, north of Mount Shasta. 



Lepus californicus Gray. California Hare ; '' JaeJcass llahhit." 



The Californian Hare, or Jack Rabbit, as it, like all other large liares, 

 is usually called, '•* abundant iu every part of the upper Sacramento 

 Valley and the adjoining foothills, in some places being found almost 

 up to the pine belt. It was found to be less numerous on the coast. 

 The Jack Kabbits may be seen towards evening, iu little companies, 

 playing on the open plains bordering the timber belts, and if suddenly 

 come upon there is a general stampede among them and a scamper for 

 the nearest cover. It leaves in the mind of the hunter, as he walks 

 homeward, u pleasant i)i(;ture, the principal features of which seem to 

 be several pairs of disproi)ortioiiately l)ig ears galloping off in the gloam- 

 ing toward some dark wood in the background. 



Somewhere in this region I he.ird the i-idiculous nickname of" Narrow- 

 gauge Mule'' applied to the Jack lv,al)bit. 



