MURIDxE. LEl'US. 109 



The Rabbit. Lepus cuniculus. 



Owen, Odont. pi. 104. fig. 5, pi. 105. fig. 16 (dentition).— Blasius, 



Faun. Wirb. Deutechl. p. 420. fig. 230 (dentition), 1857. 

 Lapiii, Buff., Hist. Nat. vi. p. 340. pi. 57 (skeleton). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 12 



Lumbar 7 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 15 



a, b. Two skulls (tame var.) ; nearly double the size of the wild ones. 

 London. Presented by Mr. George. 



c. Skull (wild). England. Presented by Mr. J. Baker. 



d. e. Skulls. 



/. Skull (Angora var.). Presented by Miss Inglis. 



</. Skull (incisor teeth very much elongated). Purchased of Mr. 



Warwick. 

 h. Skull. Tunis. Purchased of Mr. Fraser. 

 i. Skeleton. 



j. Skull. Falkland Islands. Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 

 k. Skull. 



l-n. Skulls. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 

 o-q. Skulls. 1 



r. Skull: female. I S.Germany. From Dr. A. Giinther's Col- 



s. Skull (ears dependent). [ lection. 

 t. Skeleton. J 



u. Skull (incisor teeth very much elongated). From the Zoological 



Society's Collection. 



The Black-footed Babbit. Lepus nigripes. 

 a. Skull. Presented by Mr. Edward Gerrard, jun. 



The Hare. Lepus timidus. 



Fischer, Prod. Cran. Comp. pi. 2. fig. 4 (skull). — Pander und D' Alton, 

 Vergl. Osteol. pi. 3 (skeleton), pi. 8 (skull), 1821-31.— Waterhouse, 

 Nat.' Hist, Mamm. ii. pi. 2. figs. 2, 2a, b, c (skull). — F. Cuv., Dents 

 des Mamm. p. 152. no. 50 (dentition), 1825. — Blasius, Faun. Wirb. 

 1 teutschl. p. 410. fig. 227 (skull), fig. 228 (dentition), 1857. 



Lievre, Buff, Hist. Nat. vi. p. 208. pi. 48 (skeleton). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 12 



Lumbar 7 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 15 



a. Skull. 



/- d. Skulls. Purchased at Mr. Stevens's sale. 



e. Skeleton. 

 /. Skull. 



