304 MONOGRAPHS OF NORTH AMERICAN RODENTIA. 
LEPUS AMERICANUS. 
Var. AMERICANUS. 
Northern Varying Hare. 
Lepus americanus ERXLEBEN, Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, 330 (based wholly on references to the Hudson’s Bay 
specimens).—GMELIN, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 162.—Suaw, Gen. Zoo]. Mam., ii, 1801, 202.—Drsmar- 
EST, Mammalogie, 1822, 351 (in part only).—SaBINE (J.), Franklin’s First Journ., 1824, app., 
664.—RICHARDSON, App. Parry’s Second Voyage, 1825, 324; Faun. Bor.-Am., i, 1829, 217 (syn. 
in part only); Back’s Arct. Land Exped., 1836, app., 496.—FIscHER, Syn. Mam., 1829, 376 
(mixed with ZL. sylvaticus).—BAaCHMAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 403; viii, 
1839, 76 (in part only).—DrKay, New York Zodl., i, 1842, 95 (in part only).—WAGNER, Suppl. 
Schreber’s Siiuget., iv, 1844, 104 (in part only).—WaTERHOUSE, Nat. Hist. Mam., ii, 1848, 108 
(in part only).—Aup. & Bacu., Quad. N. Am., i, 1849, 93 (in part only).—GIEBEL, Siiuget., 
1855, 449.—Barrp, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 579 (in part only).—Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 
3d series, xx, 1867, 224 (in part).— MAXIMILIAN, Wiegm. Arch., 1861, i, 142.—Ross, Can. Nat. 
and Geol., vi, 1867, 436.—WELCH, Proc. Zod]. Soc. Lond., 1869, 228 (seasonal changes of 
color).—GILPIN, Proc. and Trans. Nov. Sco. Inst. Nat. Sei., iii, 1872, 46. 
Lepus hudsonius PAuuas, Nov. Sp. Glires, 1778, 30.—BoppzrtT, Elench. Anim., i, 1784, 99.— ZIMMERMANN, 
Pennant’s Arktische Zool., i, 1787, 96. 
Lepus nanus SCHREBER, Siiuget., ii, 1792, 881, pl. eexxxiv, B (mixed with L. sylvaticus). 
Lepus campestris BARD, MSS. in part (labels and record-books, Smiths. Inst.)—HaypDEN, Am. Nat., iii, 
1869, 115.—Dat1, Alaska and its Resources, 577. 
Lepus variabilis var. GODMAN, Am. Nat. Hist., ii, 1826, 169 (in part only). 
Lepus borealis SCHINTZ, Synop., ii, 1845, 286. 
American Hare, ForsTER, Phil. Trans., Ixii, 1772, 376.—PENNANT, Hist. Quad., 1781, no. 243; Arct. Zool., 
i, 1784, 95. 
Var. VIRGINIANUS. 
Southern Varying Hare. 
Lepus americanus BACHMAN, Journ, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 403; viii, 1889, 76 (in part only).— 
DerkKay, New York Zodl., i, 1842, 95, pl. xxvi, fig. 2 (in part only).—WAaAGNER, Suppl. Schre- 
ber’s Siuget., 1844, iv, 104 (in part only).—Aup. & Bacu., Quad. N. Am., i, 1849, 73, pl. xi, 
xii (in part only).—Barrp, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 579 (in part only).—Gray, Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist., 3d ser., xx, 1867, 224 (in part only).—ALLEN, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodl., i, 1869, 
237.—Ha.1, Can. Nat. and Geol., vi, 1861, 306. 
Lepus virginianus HArvan, Faun. Am., 1825, 196.—Fiscurr, Synopsis, 376, 1829.—DouGuty, Doughty’s 
Cab. Nat. Hist., i, 1830, 217, p]. xix.—BacuMan, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 301 
(mainly ; somewhat mixed with L. campestris) —EMMons, Quad. Mass., 1840, 58.—THOMPSON, 
Nat. Hist. Vermont, 1842, 48. : 
Var. WASHINGTONI. 
Western Varying Hare. 
Lepus washingtoni Barrp, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1855, 333, pl. xv (animal); Mam. N. Am., 1857, 
Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., xx, 1867, 224. 
Lepus americanus var. washingtont ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 1875, 434. 
Var. BAIRDI. 
Rocky Mountain Varying Hare. 
Lepus bairdi Hayprn, Amer, Nat., iii, 1869, 115.—Merriam, U. 8. Geol. Surv., Sixth Ann. Rep., 1873, 667. 
Lepus americanus var. bairdi ALLEN, Bull. Essex. Inst., vi, 1874, 61, 66; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 
1875, 434. 
Var. AMERICANUS. 
Northern Varying Hare. 
In winter, white, except the extreme tips of the ears, which are nar- 
rowly bordered with black. Under-fur plumbeous at base, passing into rather 
