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PROCEEDiyOS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



voh. 39. 



BemarJcs. — Young individuals in Juvenal and beginning postju- 

 venal pelage differ from corresponding young of the mainland form 

 in about the same manner that adults do, and the cranial differences 

 are similar. 



The following average measurements of six male topotypes of 

 Sylmhgus Jloridanus mallurus, taken at Raleigh, North Carolma, and 

 measured in the flesh b}-^ H. H. and C. S. Brimley, are given for com- 

 parison with those in the appended table of specimens of Sylmlagus 

 jloridanus MtcJieTisi: Total length (including tail vertebrae), 420 mm.; 

 tail vertebrae, 56.7; hind foot, 91. Ear measurements of one of these 

 specimens are noted as follows on the label: Ear from crown, 71 ; ear 

 from notch, 58 (ear from notch averages 57 in the six dry skins). 



Record of specimens of Sylnilagus jloridanus hitchensi. 



a This measurement was taken from dried skins; other measurements given in this table were taken 

 from fresh specimens by the collectors. 

 b Skull only; given me by Mr. J. H. Riley. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate 37. 



Figs. 1 and 2. Sylvilagus floridanus mallurus Thomas. Male ad., Raleigh, North 

 Carolina, February 5, 1901. (Cat. No. 105241, U.S.N.M.) Female 

 ad., Raleigh, North Carolina, January 17, 1901. (Cat. No. 105240, 

 U.S.N.M.) 

 3 and 4. Sylvilagus floridanus hitchensi. Adult, Smiths Island, Virginia, May 

 17, 1910. (Cat. No. 155579, U.S.N.M.) Female ad., Smiths Island, 

 Virginia, May 16, 1910. (Cat. No. 155577, U.S.N.M.) 



Plate 38. 



Figs. 1 and 2. Sylvilagus floridanus vmllurus Thomas. Male ad., Raleigh, North 

 Carolina, February 5, 1901. (Cat. No. 105241, U.S.N.M.) Female 

 ad., Raleigh, North Carolina, January 17, 1901. (Cat. No. 105240, 

 U.S.N.M.) 

 3 and 4. Sylvilagus floridanus hitchensi. Adult, Smiths Island, Virginia, 

 May 17, 1910. (Cat. No. 155579, U.S.N.M.) Female ad., Smiths 

 Island, Virginia, May 16, 1910. (Cat. No. 155577, U.S.N.M.) 



