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Lepus arcticus Koss.^ 



1819. Lepus arcticus Ross, Ross's voyage, 8vo. ed., ii, a])2)end. 



IV, p. 151. 

 1896. Lepus arcticus Rhoads, Amer. nat., xxx, ]). 235. 



March, 1896. 

 Type locality. — Baffin Land, southeast of Cape Bowen. 

 On page 170 of the same vohime this species is named Lepms 

 glacialis by Leach (see Rhoads, Amer. nat., xxx, pp. 234-235, 

 March, 1896; Stone, Auk, xui, p. 183-187, April, 1896; Merriam, 

 Science, n. s., iii, pp. 564-565, April 10, 1896; Rhoads, Science, 

 n. s., Ill, pp. 843-844, June 5, 1896; Merriam, Science, n. s., in, 

 p. 845, June 5, 1896). 



Lepus arcticus bangsii Rhoads. 



1896. Ltjyus arcticus bangsii Rhoads, Amer. nat., xxx, p. 236. 



March, 1896. 

 Type locality. — Codroy, Newfoundland. 

 Regarded by Miller (Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xiii, p. 39, 

 May 29, 1899) as a distinct species. 



Lepus bishopi Allen. 



1899. Lepus hisJiopi Allen, Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., xii, 



p. 11. March 4, 1899. 

 Type locality. — Mill Lake, Turtle MouTitains, near northern 



border of North Dakota. 



* Lepus campestris Bachman. 



1837. Lepus campestris Bachman, Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 



VII, p. 349. 

 1885. Lepus campestris True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., .vii 



(1884), p. 601. 1885. 

 Type locality. — Plains of the Saskatchewan, Canada. 



Lepus groenlandicus Rhoads. 



1896. Lepus groenlandicus Rhoads, Amer. nat., xxx, p. 236. 



March, 1896. 

 Type locality. — Robertson's Bay (lat. 78° N.), Greenland. 



' The polar hares were revised by Rhoads in 1896 (Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., pp. 351-376, 

 Aug. 4, 1896), but numerous changes in the status and nomenclature of the species have 

 since been made. 



