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TABLE XXXIX.—List of specimens of LEPUS SYLVATICUS var. ARIZON 2. 
| = 
Biller | 2 
2 is] | ad Bet 
g| 2 leo a8 g 
eS 8 3 ° 
| 8 & Locality. a From whom reccived. Collected by— oe 
#/ 2/5 a g 
Galleys } | = 
a] 2 | 5 5 Ss 
o ° Dn A 
: 8439| 1563 | 'Sept. 8, 1865] Dr. E. Coues...- -.| Dr. E. Coues.--....... Skin. 
/emaprcens! =t+-8595|...-- 3 . Feb. 10,1867 | Dr. E. Palmer ..| Dr. E. Palmer ..do. 
8896]... .- 9 Feb. 20, 1867 |...--- do ... Sa Ts ..do. 
8897)...--. fe) ..| Mar. 10, 1867|.-.... do .. 3 | Pea aor do... .- do. 
88928 | fe) --| Mar. 10,1867] ..---. doje. oll) SereeelO) “esterase =e |e2do; 
peese 631] ¢ | Oct. —, 1875| Lt. G. M. Wheeler. .-.| H. W. Henshaw ...-.-|.-do. 
TaBLeE XL.—Measurements of LePUS SYLVATICUS var. AUDUBONI. 
e 8 From tip of | Tail to end S 
3S |a nose to— of— I 
5 to: = FS 
a |e ; alas 
} 2 na Locality. % % Remarks. 
& ./ aS 5 3 a 2 
galga e 2 zi | 
Sa|e 9 cs =| = a a 3 
cr) 2 tal a C) 
3 | 5 a is} a = S 4 ie} 
309 |.-.-.- PPPS C10; ale sent eicee emanates ee ----| 3.00 | 14.50 | 1.50 | 2.25 | 3.17 | 3.08 | From Baird. 
1163) 72045) |psanikrancisco; Cal\-....-----2-se-seeeeneeeeeeaaes Pa ea| OseeO) |) PostOpen omen 3.05 |.....- 
£504) | ce SN, DIEZ: Col oon be ween ce cee se eee Bees oF Ris 8 9 bts: ae Ga Oi leo oe net 
GST REAPS b= MO 52 cee lene ence eeeeciece oes eee eee fof \|Ecoscs 100) = HOU} |esecee 3. 25, 
TABLE XLI.—List of specimens of L&ErUS SYLVATICUS var. AUDUBONI. 
S | a 
B 5 ; 
Ss {8 B = # 
| i 3 3 
=I Relies i=} 3 2 Ay 
2 Sa| es | & Locality. 2 From whom received. Collected by— S 
&./a3| @ |s 8 2 
Sesto eu ea Ge B 5 
SS /b S| 2) iy Ss = 
SO alkenes = a 
Presidio Cal. soca. 5|--seseaneees Lieut. W. P. Trowbridge.| Lieut. Trowbridge | Skin. 
--| San Francisco, Cal ..|............-. Lieut. R. S. Williamson..| Dr. J. S. Newberry | Skull and skin. 
..-| Fort Crook, Cal. ..-.. May 24, 1860| J. Feilner............-.- J. Feilner..-...-- cada: 
Sa ecacne essa coaceoace| lecdocosiasocced bees db} asascnncocscorced hes: SOY see spececoass Skin. 
.---| San Diego, Cal.-..... Feb. 19,1856} Dr. J. F. Hammond..... Dr. J. F. Hammond. -..do. 
OTe asteaes dont seesesnesses Dec. 28, 1855 }...... (ie Boe S touoseecsec| Hae Gly asbbhsicocner sceetilts 
Gull eeeee Oyjosc=-cencean Dec. 28,1855 |...... GOs s2s.incede across ped Man asereec ane .---do. 
oy | ort: Lejon Cal eo=-tascecseeeeseee BPG eae poceeacascce J. Xantus.. ----do. 
:|Gape\S&. Tuueas; Cal)c||--=.2.-- case ne aaseesUO a cceese cee cecens meee GO) ssecie ce tenesel oes do. 
General remarks on LePus SYLVATICUS and its varieties. 
Synonymy.—The first clear and careful description of the little Wood 
Hare of the eastern portions of the United States was published by Schoepf 
in 1784.* He gave it, however, no scientific name, calling it simply ‘“ Der 
* Der Naturforscher, 20 Stiick, Halle, 1784. See Prof. Baird’s translation in his Mam. N. Amer., 
pp. 599, 600. 
