MILLER AND REHN: NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS. 179 



Lepus arcticus Ross. 1 



1819. Lepus arcticus Ross, Ross's voyage, 8vo. ed., n, append. 



iv, p. 151. 

 1896. Lepus arcticus RHOADS, Amer. nat., xxx, p. 235. 



March, 1896. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Baffin Land, southeast of Cape Bowen. 

 On page 170 of the same volume this species is named Lepus 

 glacialis by Leach (see lihoads, Amer. nat., xxx, pp. 234-235, 

 March, 1896; Stone, Auk, xm, p. 183-187, April, 1896; Merriam, 

 Science, n. s., in, pp. 564-565, April 10, 1896; Rhoads, Science, 

 n. s., m, pp. 843-844, June 5, 1896; Merriam, Science, n. s., in, 

 p. 845, June 5, 1896). 



Lepus arcticus bangsii Rhoads. 



1896. Lepus arcticus bangsii RHOADS, Amer. nat., xxx, p. 236. 



March, 1896. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Codroy, Newfoundland. 



Regarded by Miller (Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xm, p. 39, 

 May 29, 1899) as a distinct species. 



Lepus bishopi Allen. 



1899. Lepus bisliopi ALLEN, Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., xn, 



p. 11. March 4, 1899. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Mill Lake, Turtle Mountains, near northern 



border of North Dakota. 



* Lepus campestris Bachman. 



1837. Lepus campestris BACHMAN, Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 



vii, p. 349. 

 1885. Lepus campestris TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vn 



(1884), p. 601. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Plains of the Saskatchewan, Canada. 



Lepus groenlandicus Rhoads. 



1896. Lepus groenlandicus RHOADS, Amer. nat., xxx, p. 236. 



March, 1896. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Robertson's Bay (lat. 78 N.), Greenland. 



1 The polar hares were revised by Rhoads in 1896 (Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., pp. 351-376, 

 Aug. 4, 1896), but numerous changes in the status and nomenclature of the species have 

 since been made. 



