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dressed in a llulfy coat of white, but in the suinnier is 

 uttired in brown, the Alleghenian Varying Hare {Lepus 

 americanus virginianus). It is a southern race, a 

 smaller brother, so to speak as it were, of the Northern 

 Varying Hare which abounds in the Fur countries. 

 Thro-ugh field observations during the last five or six 

 years I know that it occurs in the following counties: 



Bradford, Luzerne, 



Clinton, Lycoming, 



Clearfield, Mifflin, 



Cambria, McKean, 



Centre, Pike, 



Cameron, Potter, 



Elk, Sullivan, 



Erie, Tioga, 



Forest, Union, 



Huntingdon, Wayne, 



Juniata, Warren, 

 W yoniiiig. 



"COTTONTAILS." 



The Rabbit, as this Hare is commonly called, occurs 



abundantly throughout Pennsylvania. The Rabbit or 



"Cottontail" which is taken in the higher forested 



mountains which are cleared and where the Varying 



Hare formerly had his home, is considered by Mr. 



Hangs to be entitled to rank as a subspecies which he 



calls the Alleghenian Wood Hare {Lfjjm si/fvaticua 



transitionali.y). 



These llaies last niimed are so abnmlant in some 



sections of Pennsylvania — particularly is this said to 

 be the case in Clearfield and Northumberland coun- 

 ties — as to be a serious nuisance to farmers. Tlie 

 "Cottontails" destroy, fruit growers and nurserymen 



