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mi nor), said it was the common rabbit of the Boca Grande and other 

 mountain ranges of the surrounding- region, and this proved to be the 

 case as we proceeded westward. It Avas subsequeiitlj- found iu the 

 Hachitas, Dog, San Luis, Animas, Guadakipe, Mule, San Jose, and 

 JIuachuca mountains. It was found from tlie red junipers and oaks 

 at the lower timber line to the highest summits of these mountains, 

 and was generally abundant. To the northward I have only seen it 

 in the forested area bordering the south side of the Colorado River, 

 in northern Arizona. It is the "wood rabbit" of Arizona and New 

 Mexico; Lepiis arizonfe being an inhabitant of the plains and deserts. 



Description of type. — In summer pelage. Well clothed with coarse, 

 rather short overhair, which conceals the underfur. Color of back, 

 Lip patches, and upper side of head vinaceous cinnamon, mixed with 

 gray and black, deepening to tawny on the nape, and changing to clear 

 whitish gray on the thighs and rump, which are lined with black; 

 under parts white, faintly stained with yellowish, with the chest patch 

 clay color, and inguinal spots pale vinaceous cinnamon; tail grizzled 

 yellowish brown above, white below. Ears clothed with sliort hair, 

 without black at tip or on anterior border; convex surface almost bare 

 posteriorly, mixed reddish brown, gray and black anteriorly, fringed 

 with white on basal two-thirds of anterior border, and scantily clothed 

 with whitish hairs on the concave surface. Top and sides of head red- 

 dish like the back, j)ale around the orbit and at base of ears, posteri- 

 orly. Anterior face of fore limbs and outer face of hind limbs tawny, 

 their inner surface brownish white. 



Description of tvinter pelage (based on No. fffff, United States 

 National Museum). — Adult male, from the Carrizalillo Mountains, near 

 monument No. 31, Mexican boundary line. Collected April 21, 1892, 

 by Mearns and Holzner. (Original number, 1680.^) Coat long, coarse, 

 and rigid; feet bushy; ears well clothed. Color above gray, lined with 

 black, faintly washed with clay color on back, hip patches, and along 

 the ventral border; sides, rump, and haunches clear gray, lined with 

 black; under parts with the pectoral area grayish white, tinged with 

 clay color, the small flank patches clay color, and residue of under sur- 

 face, including the under side of tail, pure white. The ears have their 

 inner (concave) surface clothed with short grayish white hairs, the 

 outer (convex) surface being grayish white posteriorly, gray mixed with 

 black anteriorly, narrowly banded with black on the terminal half, and 

 fringed with white on the edge. The nape is russet, orbital region 

 whitish, and top and side of head gray, very faintly washed with yel- 

 lowish brown. The feet are clay color on the under side, whitish above, 

 tawny higher up on the shank. The upper side of the tail is grayish 

 brown, with hoary tips to the hairs, the edges white. 



'This specimen was at one time supposed to represent a form sufficiently different 

 from more western specimens to warrant its separation from holzneri, to constitute a 

 subspecies rUjldus, cliaracterized by smaller size, coarser pelage, and slightly grayer 

 coloration, having for its range the Eastern Desert Tract. 



