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OF THE 



ESSEIX: IISrSTITTJTE. 



Vol. 7. Salem, Mass., May, 1875. No. 5. 



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SYNONYMY^ DESCRIPTION, HISTORY', DISTRIBUTION AND H^VBITS OF 

 THE PRAIRIE HARE (LEPUS CAMPESTRIS). 



By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. 



Synonymy. 



Lepus virginianus vnr.t, Harl., Fn. Amer. 1825,310 (based entirely on the ''Vary- 

 ing Hare of Lewis and Clark," infra ; description from these authors). 



Lejms virginiamis [''Harl."], Rich., F. B. A. i, 1829, 224 (Saskatchewan; N. to 

 5.0°. Not of Harlax, op. cit. 196, which is L. americanus). — MAXlil., Reise, i, 1839, 

 508. 



Lepus campestris, Bach., J. A. N. S. P. vii, pt. ii, 1837, 349; viii, pt. i, 1839, 80 (in 

 white pelage). Waterh.,N.H. Mannn.ii, 1848, 127. Gieb., Saugeth. 185.5, 449. Bd., 

 M. N. A. 1857, .585. Newb., P. R. R. Rep. vi, 18.57, 03 (upper California and Oregon). 

 Coop, and SUCKL., N. H. W. T. 1860, pp. 104, 131 (Columbia to the Missouri). Hatd., 

 Tr! Am. Phil. Soc. xii, 18G2, 148 (upper Missouri). Maxim, Arch. f. Naturg. xviii, 

 1862, ; Verz. N.-A. Siiug. 1862, 193. Allen, Bull. Ess. Inst, vi, 1874, pp. .52, 58, 61, 

 66 (Kansas, Colorada, Wyoming and Utah). Ames, Bull. Minn, Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 1874, 70 (Minnesota). 



Lepus townsendii, BACH., J. A. N. S. P. viii, pt. 1, 18.39,98, pi. 2 (Columbia R., in 

 summer pelage). Towxs., Narr. 1839, 325. AuD. and Bach., Q. N, A. i, 1849, 25, pi. 

 3. Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr. 1870, 462 (Wyoming). 



Varying Hare, Lewis and Clark, ii, 179 (earliest identifiable account). Hael., 

 op. et I.e. (Not of authors generally.) 



Prairie Hare of the Fur Traders. Rich., op. et I. c. 



Jackass liablrit, Vulg., in the regions it inhabits. 



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