454 BULLETIN 128, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



t*Lepus americanus dalli Merriam. 



1900. Lepiis 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 mouth of Yukon, and from 

 Bristol Bay north to tree limit. 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. Le'pus americanus columbiensis Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

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



Type Locality. — Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. 



Range. — Rocky Mountain region of southeastern British Colum- 

 bia (except extreme southeastern corner) and western Alberta, 

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

 Alberta) . Vertical and zonal ranges not definitely known. 



t*Lepus washingtonii washingtonii Baird. 



1855. Lepus ivashingtonti Baird, Proc, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, vol. 7, p. 333. 



1885. Lepus americanus wasliingtoni Trlte, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

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



1895. L[epus] wasliingtoni Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, p. 241. July 2, 1895. 



Type Locality. — Puget Sound. 



Range. — Washington and north to Fraser River, British Colum- 

 bia, from the western slope of the Cascade Mountains to the 

 sea (including the Olympic Mountains). Vertical range from 

 sea level to about 3,500 feet on the west slope of the Cascades; 

 zonal range mainly transition and Canadian. 



t*Lepus washingtonii klamathensis (Merriam). 



1899. Lepus klamathensis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 16, 



p. 100. October 28, 1899. 

 1909. Lepus wasliingtoni Mamathensis Nelson, North Amer. 



Fauna, No. 29. p. 107. August 31, 1909. 

 Type Locality. — Head of Wood River, near Fort Klamath, 



Klamath County, Oregon. 

 Range. — Cascade Mountains and adjacent parts of Oregon and 



higher parts of Sierra Nevada of eastern California south at 



least to Pacific, Eldorado County. Vertical range from about 



4,000 feet in mountains near Fort Klamath up probably to 



timber line ; zonal range, mainly Canadian. 



