LEPUS. 



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The Polar Hare. 



Distribution. — The northern regions of both hemispheres , Scot- 

 land and Ireland, and the Alps and elevated regions of Central 

 Europe. 



a. Skin (sum- 



mer). 



b. Skin {win- 



ter). 



c. Stuffed (win* 



ter). 



d. Stuffed (win- 



ter). 

 *. Stuffed (sum- 

 mer) and 

 skull. 

 /. Stuffed (win- 

 ter). 

 g-j. 3 Skulls 



Norway 



Scotland 



Norway 



Scotland 



Ireland 



No history 



Christiania Univ., A.S.B. 

 Sir W. Jardine, A.S.B. 

 Christiania Univ., A.S.B. 

 Sir W. Jardine, A.S.B. 

 A. D. Bartlett, A.S.B. 



A.S.B. 



A. D. Bartlett. 



Lepus aegyptius. 



Lepus segyptius, /s. Geoff. St. Hil. Descrip. Egypt. Hist, Nat., ii, p. 739, 

 Atlas, pi. vi, fig. 2 (181 2) ; Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mavim., ii, p. 85 ; 

 Blanford Abyssinia, p. 273. 



Lepus segyptiacus, Henipr & Ehr. Symb. Phys., pi. xv, fig. i {1828). 



Lepus habessinicus, Brehm Habesch., p. 64 (1863)*,' 



Distribution. — North-East Africa 



a. Skin 



b. Skin 



$ Koomeylee, Abyssinia, W. T. Blanford. 



400 ft., 2-6-68. 

 ? Zoulla, Annersley Bay, W. T. Blanford. 



Abyssinia, 6-2-68. 



Lepus tigrensis. 



Lepus tigrensis, Blanford Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), iv, p. 330 (1869) ; id. Abys- 

 sinia, p, 275. 

 Lepus abyssinicus, apud Lefebre Voyage Abyssinie, vi, Atlas, pi. v, fig. i.* 



Distribution. — Hill country of Abyssinia, 



a-b. 2 Skins Takonda, Abyssinia, W. T. Blanford. 



Takonda, Abyssinia, 

 7,500 ft., 27-1-68. 

 c. Skin nr. Tigre, Abyssinia, 



7,500 ft., 1.3.68. 



W. T. Blanford. 



Lepus capensis. 



Lepus capensis, LinncBus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 76 (1766) ; Waterhouse 



Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 95 ; Blytli Cat. no. 429, p. 130. 

 Lepus ochropus, Wagner, Schreber^s Sdugetk, SuppL, iv, p. g6 (1844). 



Distribution. — South Africa. 

 a. Stuffed South Africa 



E. L. Layard, A.S.B. 



