328 MONOGRAPHS OF NORTH AMERICAN RODENTIA. 
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Lepus sylvaticus BACHMAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 403; viii, 1839, 78.—WatTErRHOUsE, Nat, 
Hist. Mam., ii, 1848, 116—Aup. & Bacu., Quad. N. Am., i. 1849, 173, pl. xxii—Woopnouse, 
Sitgreaves’s Col. and Zuni River Exp., 1853, 55 (Eastern Texas and Indian Territory ).—Max- 
IMILIAN, Wiegm. Arch., 1861, i, 144.—Batrp, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 597, pl. viii, fig. 1 (skull) ; 
U.S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, 1859, ii, 47 (Indianola, Texas).—HayDEn, Trans. Am. Phil. 
Soc. Phila., xii, 1863, 148.—ABBortT, Cook’s Geol. of New Jersey, 1868, 759.—ALLEN, Proc. 
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xiii, 1869, 194; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zo6l., ii, 1871, 184. 
Lepus bachmani WaTERHOUSE, Proc, Zod). Soc. Lond., vi, 1838, 103; Nat. Hist. Mam., ii, 1848, 124.—Bacu- 
MAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., viii, 1839, 96—Aupb. & Bacn., Quad. N. Am., iii, 1853, 35, 
pl. eviii (based on Waterhouse’s specimens).—Barrp, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 606; U.S. and Mex, 
Bound. Survey, ii, 1859, ii, 48 (Brownsville, Texas). 
Sylvilagus bachmani Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d series, xx, 1867, 222. 
Var. NUTTALLI. 
Sage Hare. 
Lepus nuttalli BacuMan, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 345, pl. xxii; viii, 1839, 79; Townsend’s 
Narrative, 1839, 329 (based on an immature specimen).—Aup. & Bacn., Quad. N. Am., ii, 
1851, 300, pl. xciv.—Bairp, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 604, 617. 
Lepus sylvaticus var, nuttalli ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 1875, 334. 
Lepus artemisia BaCuMAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., viii, 1839, 94 ; Townsend’s Narrative, 1839, 329.— 
WatTeruouss, Nat. Hist. Mam., ii, 1848, 126—Aup. & Bacu., Quad. N. Am., 1851, ii, 272, pl. 
Ixxxviii—Woopnovuse, Sitgreaves’s Col. and Zuni River Exp., 1853, 55.—Bairp, Mam. N. 
Am., 1857, 602; U. S. and Mex. Bound. Survey, ii, 18659, ii, 48, pl. xxv, fig. 2 (skull).—_-NEw- 
BERRY, Pacific R. R. Ex. and Surv., vi, iv, 1857, 65.—KENNERLY, ibid., x, vi, 1859, 16.— 
SuCKLEY, ibid., xii, iii, 1860, 105.—SuckLny & Gipss, ibid., 132.—Hayben, Trans, Am. Phil. 
Soc. Phila., xii, 1863, 148.—Covgs, Am. Nat., i, 1-67, 534; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 
136. 
Sylvilagus artemisia GRAY, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., xx, 1867, 222. 
Lepus artemisiacus WAGNER, Suppl. Schreber’s Siinget., iv, 1844, 114. 
Var. AUDUBONI. 
Audubon’s Hare, 
Lepus auduboni Barrp, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 608, pl. xiii (animal); pl. Iviii, fig. 2 (skull).—NEWBERRY, 
Pacific R. R. Ex. & Surv., vi, iv, 1857, 65.— KeNNERLY, Pacific R. R. Ex. & Surv., x, vi, 1859, 
17 (markets of San Francisco).—Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., xx, 1867, 224. 
Lepus sylvaticus var. auduboni ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 1875, 434. 
Var. SYLVATICUS. 
Wood Hare. 
Above pale yellowish-brown, varied with black; sides and rump grayer; 
nape and limbs yellowish-rusty, fading into whitish on the anterior surface of 
the hind legs; head above less varied with black than the back; beneath 
white, except the breast, which is pale yellowish-brown. The hairs of the 
upper surface have very long shining black tips, succeeded first by a broad 
bar of pale yellowish-brown, then by a rather narrower zone of black, and 
thence to the base grayish-plumbeous. Under-fur dark plumbeous, nearly 
black, often tipped with pale brown. Length (tip of nose to tail), 13.50 to 
17.00 inches; of hind foot, 3.10 to 4.20; of ear, 2.10 to 3.00; ear about two- 
thirds the length of the head; head a little shorter than the hind foot. 
