466 bulij<:tin 128, united states national museum. 



t*Sylvilagus fioridanus subcinctus — Continued. 



1904. Sylvilagus fioridaniis subcinct'us Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 

 vol. 45, p. 336. June 15, 1904. 



Type Locality. — Hacienda El Molino, near Negrete, Michoacan, 

 Mexico. 



Range. — ^Mainly arid plains of southwestern part of Mexican 

 table-land and from western Guanajuato to northern Michoa- 

 can and southeastern Jalisco. Vertical range from about 

 3,500 to 6,000 feet altitude in Jalisco; zonal range mainly 

 upper and lower Sonoran, but extends down into upper 

 border of arid tropical zone. 



t* Sylvilagus fioridanus restrictus Nelson. 



1907. Sylvilagus fioridanus restrictus Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 20, p. 82. July 22, 1907. 



Type Locality. — Zapotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. 



Range. — Mainly oak and pine forested slopes of Sierra Madre 

 in Michoacan, southern and western Jalisco, and southeastern 

 part of Territory of Tepic, Mexico. Vertical range from about 

 4,000 to 9,500 feet in Michoacan; zonal range mainly upper 

 Sonoran and transition, but ranging down on south slope of 

 Sierra Madre through lower Sonoran to border of arid tropical 

 zone. 



t*Sylvilagus fioridanus orizabae (Merriam). 



1893. Lepus orizdbx Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 8, p. 143. December 29, 1893. 



1903. Lepus fioridanus persvltator Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., 

 publ. 71, zool. ser., vol. 3, p. 147. February, 1903. (Puebla, 

 State of Puebla, Mexico.) 



1909. Sylvilagus fioridanus orizahx Nelson, North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 29, p. 183. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Mount Orizaba, Puebla, Mexico. Altitude, 

 about 9,500 feet. 



Range.— Most of the high mountains and bordering plains on 

 southeastern part of Mexican Table-land, from Mount Orizaba 

 and the Cofre de Perote on the western border of central Vera 

 Cruz through northern half of Puebla, all of Tlaxcala, most 

 of the State of Mexico, the Federal District, Hidalgo, Guana- 

 juato, San Luis Potosi, and southern Coahuila. Vertical 

 range from about 7,000 to over 14,000 feet altitude in eastern 

 Puebla; zonal range from upper Sonoran thi'ough transition to 

 the Arctic-Alpin division of the boreal zone (mainly transition) . 



t*Sylvilagus fioridanus connectens (Nelson). 



1904. Lepus fioridanus connectens Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 17, p. 105. May 18, 1904. 



