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MAMMALS OF MINNESOTA. 239 
VAR. AUDUBONI 
is about the size of L. sylvaticus and has longer ears. The 
dorsal surface is yellowish-brown mixed with black, under- 
neath white. It is the darker phase of L. sylvaticus inhabiting 
the moist regions of the Pacific coast from northern California 
to San Diego, passing on the southern limit into var. arizone. 
In color it is said to resemble ZL. trowbridget which is much 
smaller and has no black upon the ear-tips and has a shorter tail. 
The L. bachmani described by Waterhouse and tigured by 
Audubon is regarded by Allen as simply the common variety, 
an immature individual being the basis of the descripvion and 
figures. The latter are very poor and are not distinctive. 
L. artemisia is regarded as a synonym for L. nuttalli. The 
name L. buchmani was applied later to the gray hare of the 
Texas plains and it is therefore doubtful if that name is not 
also a Synonym of the sage hare, L. nuttalli. 
Size. A full grown female gives the following measurements: 
Length, 18.50; tail, 3; nose to eye, 13; nose to ear, (open- 
ing) 33; nose to occiput, 3.25; ears, 2%; fore foot, 14; 
hind foot, 4.25. (No. 38, Jan. 1884). This it will be seen 
from the appended schedule is not an unusual measurement for 
adult specimens in Minnesota. Out of thirty-five specimens, 
of which measurements are given in Allen’s Monograph of 
North American Leporidz, but one reaches the length given 
above. The wide range from which the specimens were 
received makes it the more remarkable that that one should 
be from Iowa, and the next largest (17.00 long) should be from 
Wisconsin, and that the suit of specimens from Iowa should be 
uniformly of large size. The average of the thirty-five speci- 
mens falls below 15.45. A number of specimens from Kansas 
fall below 18.50, showing, presumably, a transition to the west- 
ern varieties. 
Of L. sylvaticus, Baird gives following measurements of a 
fresh specimen: 
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