S. American Le[>ori(la?. 213 



Syhilagus andinus canarius, subsp. n. 



Size rather larfjer than in true andinus and chimbanns. 

 General colour darker and warmer throu<ihout, the light vins 

 on the body hairs — approximately cream-butf in a?i(///n/5 — 

 nioie approaching clay-colour. As a consequence there is 

 less difference between the body colour and that of the rump 

 and hind legs, which, as usual, are dark rufous. Under 

 surface with a slif^ht bufFy suffusion. Nape-patch large, 

 extending nearly to the withers ; deep tawny. Light line 

 over eyes rather more marked than in andinus. Light nostril 

 patches greyish white, not specially conspicuous. Cheeks 

 and region between eye and ear suffused with dull buffy, 

 not so clear a grey as in chimhanus. Hands and feet more or 

 less washed with buffy. 



Skull rather longer than in anduius — the nasals longer 

 and inclined to be trumpet-shaped anteriorly. Bullse rather 

 smaller though dislinctly more inflated than in the species 

 next following. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 34:8 nmi. ; tail 22 ; hind foot 70 ; ear 55. 



Skull: greatest length 70"5; condylo-incisive length 63 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 33 ; nasals, length 28, breadth anteriorly 

 11*2, posteriorly 15 ; ])alatal foramina IT'S ; breadth of 

 ])alatal bridge 7'5. 



Hah. Canar, Andes of Ecuador. Alt. 2600 m. 



Tifpe. Adult male. B.M. no. 99. 9. 9. 123. Original 

 number 272. (Collected 18th April, 1899, by P. O. Simons. 



This more southern form of the Andean rabbit is dis- 

 tinguishable by its darker general colour, slightly larger size, 

 and smaller bullae. 



j\Ir. Simons marks the type specimen as " from hole in 

 ground " ; so that these rabbits are evidently burrowers, like 

 tha true rabbits of Europe. 



Sylvilagus capsalis, sp. n. 



Size rather larger than in S. andinus., Fur straighter and 

 less woolly. General colour paler, the pale rings on the 

 hairs cream-buff on back, nearly white on sides. Under- 

 side dull whitish, the cliiii nearly white, the throat-collar 

 greyish with whitish tips. Forehead about as in andinus, 

 but supraorbital streak much more strongly maiked, whitish. 

 Light nostril patches snowy white, strongly contrasted, 

 llegion between eye and ear not conspicuously grey. Ears 

 with the basal half of their proectote slightly tawny, not 



