NORTH AMERICAN RECENT MAMMALS. 469 



*Syl vilagus transitionalis — Continued . 



Range. — New England States north to llutland, Vennont, 

 southern New Hampshire, extreme southwestern Maine, and 

 southwest through eastern New York (including southern end 

 of Lake George and Long Island), New Jersey, eastern Penn- 

 sylvania, and western Maryland; also along the AUeghenies 

 through West Virginia to Roan Mountain, North Carolina, and 

 Brasstown Bald Mountain in extreme northern Georgia. Zonal 

 range mainly transition. 



*Sylvilagus nuttalli nuttallii (Bachman). 



1837. Lepus nuttallii Bachman Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 7, p. 345. 



1885. Lepus sylvaticus nuttalli True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

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



1904. Sylvilagus nuttallii Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 45, p. 

 323. June 15, 1904. 



Type Locality. — Vicinity of the junction of the Snake and 

 Columbia Rivers, Washington. 



Range. — Plains and lower mountain slopes of Columbia River 

 basin in eastern Washington and Oregon; also northeastern 

 California, northwestern Nevada, and western Idaho. .Vertical 

 range from about 100 feet on Columbia River to about 3,000 

 feet altitude near Prineville, Oregon; zonal range mainly 

 upper Sonoran and lower part of transition zone. 



*Sylvilagus nuttallii granger! (Allen). 



1895. Lepus sylvaticus grangeri Allen, BuU. xVmer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 7, p. 264. August 21, 1895. 



1903. Lepvsl[aticinctus] perplicatus Elliot, Field Colujnb. Mus., 

 publ. 87, zool. ser., vol. 3, p. 255. December, 1903. (Han- 

 nopee Canyon, Panamint Mountains, Inyo County, California. 



1909. Sylvilagus nuttalli grangeri Nelson, North Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 29, p. 204. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Hill City, Black Hills. Custer County, South 

 Dakota. 



Range. — Western South Dakota, most of Montana and Wyo- 

 ming; most of the sagebrush plains of Idaho (except extreme 

 western and northwestern parts), Nevada (except nortliwest- 

 ern corner and low valleys in the south) ; mountains of jniddle 

 eastern California from near Mono Lake to Panamint Range; 

 most of Utah, and northwestern Colorado; extends nortli of the 

 United States into southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, 

 Canada. Zonal -range mainly transition and upper half of 

 upper Sonoran zone. 



