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tion within a hundred yards. In other instances their warrens were 

 met with in the upper edge of the timber, where grass and small 

 plants were abundant, of which they had carried large quantities into 

 the rocks, in some places filling almost every crevice for many yards 

 around. As they crept slowly about over and among the loose stones, 

 they looked like large, tailless rats. Their note is a feeble squeak, 

 and very deceptive as to distances, seeming to be far away, when 

 really but a few feet distant. 



lEPOBIDJ!. 



35. Lepus campestris. Prairie Hare. Common in the 

 parks. 



3G. lepus sylvaticus, var. artemisia. Sage Rabbit. 

 Common. 



37. liepus Bairdii. Another species, said to be white in 

 winter and confined to the timber, is also mentioned as common; 

 doubtless the Lepus Bairdii, the common alpine form of our L. Amer- 

 icanus of the east. 



PART III. 



On the Mammals of Carbon Co., Wyoming Territory. 



The following list is based on observations made and information 

 obtained during a residence of about two months in the vicinity of 

 Percy, a station on the Union Pacific Railroad, about six miles north 

 of the old Fort Halleck, in southwestern Wyoming. My constant in- 

 tercourse with hunters of long experience in this section of the 

 country enabled me to gather much information I could not otherwise 

 have obtained without a long residence here. Specimens of nearly 

 all the species mentioned below were either obtained by ourselves or 

 purchased in a fresh state of the hunters. The area to which this 

 list refers embraces a portion of the Medicine Bow range of moun- 

 tains, Elk Mountain being one of the prominent landmarks of the 

 locality, as well as the adjoining " sage plains " which form so promi- 

 nent a feature of this section of the country. 



1. IV! i* concolor. Panther. " Mountain Lion." More or 

 less common in the timber of the Medicine Bow Range, as it is also 

 throughout the timbered portions of the Rocky Mountains. 



2. Lynx Canadensis. Canada Lynx. Frequent in the 

 mountains, and occasionally met with on the plains. 



3. lynx rufits. Bay Lynx. Not common. 



