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This long-eared, buff and black hare, with a distinct grayish rump 

 patch, is readily distinguishable from the hares of the capensis- 

 victorise group. It is confined to the region north of Mount Kenia, 

 where it is known from the southern side of the Northern Guaso 

 Nyiro River northward to Mount Marsabit. Heller found single 

 embryos in females from Lakiundu River, July 10, and Longaya 

 Water, July 21. 



Heller reports this hare as abundant in the open sandy desert 

 country about Marsabit. He says it relies upon its pale coloration, 

 rather than cover, for protection, differing in this respect from the 

 hares of the highlands of British East Africa to the southward. 



LEPUS CAPENSIS ABBOTTI Hollister. 



Plate 43. 



1892. 'iLepus capensis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 15, p. 468. (Not of 



LinnseuB.) 

 1918, Lepus capensis abbotti Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 31, p. 



35. May 16. (Plains east of Mount Kilimanjaro, British East Africa; 



type in U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



Specimens. — Three, from localities as follows: 



British East Africa: Maji-ya-chumvi, 1 (HeUer); plains east 

 of Mount Kilimanjaro, 1 (Abbott); Useri River, 1 (Abbott). 



This subspecies of the Cape hare more nearly resembles the typical 

 form of South Africa than do some of the intermediate races. It is 

 closely related to Lepus capensis crawsJiayi, but can be distinguished 

 in fresh pelage by the more ochraceous tone of the buff hair rings 

 above; more ochraceous, less blackish, shoulders and sides of neck; 

 deeper ochraceous nape-patch, throat-patch, sides, and limbs; and 

 browner ears. The young example from Maji-ya-chumvi, in juvenile 

 coat, is decidedly darker (more ochraceous, less gray) than young of 

 crawsJiayi in corresponding pelage, and has a much deeper colored 

 nape and throat. 



LEPUS CAPENSIS CRAWSHAYI de Winton. 



1899. Lepus crawshayi de Winton, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 416. (Neugia 

 Kitwi,' British East Africa; type in British Museum.) 



1910. Lepus victorix Roosevelt, African Game Trails, Amer. ed., pp. 473, 479; 

 London ed., pp. 485, 491. (Part.) 



1918. Lepus capensis crawshayi Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 31, p. 35. May 16. 



Specimens. — Twenty-eight, from localities as follows : 

 British East Africa: Juja Farm, 1 (Mearns); Kapiti Plains, 7 

 (Mearns, Loring); Naivasha Station, 1 (Loring); Omboni River, 1 

 (Heller); Plains west of Mount Kenia, 8, including 1 in alcohol 

 (Loring, Mearns); Sir Alfred Pease's Farm, 1 (Mearns); Ulukenia 

 HiUs, 9, including 2 in alcohol and 2 odd skulls (Loring, Mearns). 



* East of the Athi Kiver and northeast of Machakos. 



