1,-1 Merriam — .1 New Rabbitfrom México. 



General characlers. — Sizesmall; earsand hind feet very short ; no ex- 

 terna] tail : coloration dark. 



Color. — Upper parts, sides, and pectoral collar grizzled grayish brown, 

 witli a yellowish suffusion, and strongly mixed with black-tipped hairs 

 (the yellowish due to a broad subapical zone of this color on each bair) ; 

 belly and chin einoky grayish waehed with Imti'y ; upper surfaces of feet 

 buffy yellowish, much lighter than rest of upper parts; ears without 

 markings. 



( Yamal characterg. — Skull similar in a general way to that of Lepus syl- 

 vaticus, but much smaller : supraorhital processes small, slender, divergent, 

 and not approaching frontals posteriorly; jugáis much elongated and 

 incurved posteriorly, notdeflned anteriorly (supraorbital notch absent); 

 braincase less decurved and more depressed posteriorly than in Lepus syl- 

 vaticusaná itsallies; zygomata standing far out froni sides of cranium ¡ 

 palatal bridge relatively limad ; audital bulla? moderately inflated. 



Meamrements. — Ty pe specimen: total length, 311; tail vertebra, 0; hind 

 foot, 53; ear froin notch in dry skin, 36. Average of 6 adults from type 

 Iocality: total length, 295; hind foot, 52. The type is the largest of the 

 se\ en specimens. 



/.'. i,nf/7,'.<-Mr. Nelson's account of the habitsof this rabbit, as observed 



hv hiin "ii Mt. rn]iue;itepell. has 1 n given at the beginning of the pres- 



ent article. Mr. Nelson saw runways which he believes were those of the 

 same species, at an altitude of 3,050 to 3,350 meters (10,000 te 11,000 feet) 

 on the southeast sido of Mt. Iztaccihuatl. 



