NORTH AMERICAN LAND TVIAMMALS. 349 



t*Lepus americanus macfarlani Mcriiam. 



1900. Lepus americanus macfarlani Merriam, Proc. Washington 

 Acad. Sci., vol. 2, p. 30. March 14, 1900. 

 tl900. Lepus saliens Osgood, North Amcr. Fauna, No. :'.9, p. 39. 

 October 6, 1909. (Caribou Crossing, between Lake Bennett 

 and Lake Tagish, Yukon, Canada.) 



1907. ? Lepus niediecJci Matschie, Niedieck's Kreuzfahrten im 

 Beringmeer, p. 240. Kassilof Lake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 

 (Not mentioned by Nelson.) 



Type Locality. — Fort Anderson, near mouth of Anderson 

 River, Mackenzie, Canada. 



Range. — Wooded parts of Alaska, in upper Yukon region, and 

 southwest to Cook Inlet; base of Alaska Peninsula and all of 

 Yukon Territory, western Mackenzie, northern British Colum- 

 bia, and northwestern Alberta, Canada. Its northern limit 

 coincides with that of the trees. Vertical range, in the 

 Mackenzie River region, from near sea level up to over 2,000 

 feet altitude; zonal range, mainly Hudsonian. 



t*Lepus americanus dalli Merriam. 



1900. Lepus americanus dalli Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. 

 Sci., vol. 2, p. 29. March 14, 1900. 



Type Locality. — Nulato River, Alaska. 



Range. — Wooded parts of western Alaska from below Fort 

 Yukon to coast of Bering Sea at iLouth of Yukon, and from 

 Bristol Bay north to tree hmit. Vertical range, from near sea 

 level on lower Yukon up to about 2,000 feet on adjacent 

 mountains; zonal range, mainly Hudsonian. 



*Lepus americanus columbiensis Rhoads. 



1895. Lepus americanus columhiensis Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, p. 242. July 2, 1895. 



Type Locality. — Vernon, British Columbia, Canadn. 



Range. — Rocky Mountain region of southeastern British Colum- 

 bia (except extreme southeastern corner) and western iVlborta, 

 Canada (from Vernon, British Columbia, to Jasper House, 

 Alberta). Vertical and zonal ranges not definitely known. 



t*Lepus washingtonii washingtonii Baird. 



1855. Lepus washingtonii Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliiladel- 

 phia, vol. 7, p. 333. 



1885. Lepus americanus wasJiingtoni True, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 7 (1884), p. 601. 1885. 



1895. Lepus washingtoni Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, p. 241. July 2, 1895. 



Type Locality. — Puiret Sound. 



