328 appendix. 



Wormwood Hare. 

 Lepus *artemesia, (Bachman.) Journal Acad. Nat. Sciences, 

 vol. 8, part I. I-iks, of the Walla-walla, and Nez Perces In- 

 dians. 



" Characters. — Small ; of a gray color, with pale rusty on 

 the back of the neck and legs. Tail above, the color of the body; 

 beneath white. Under parts of the neck, and lower surface of 

 the body white, all the fur being gray at the base. Ears as long 

 as the head ; tarsus well clothed. 



Description. — The head is much arched — upper incisors 

 deeply grooved. The color of this species is grizzled black, and 

 brownish-white above. The fur is soft, pale gray at the base, 

 shaded into brownish externally, annulated with brownish-white 

 near the apex, and black at the tips. Under parts, and inner 

 sides of limbs, white, the hairs pale gray at the base. Neck, with 

 the hairs on the sides and under parts, gray, tipped with brown- 

 ish-white, having a faint yellow hue. Chin and throat grayish- 

 white, the hairs being gray at the base, and white at their tips. 

 The whole back of the neck, and limbs exteriorly, of a pale, 

 rusty fawn color ; those on the neck uniform to the base. Feet 

 beneath, a very pale, soiled yellow- brown. Tail, colored above 

 as the back, with an admixture of grayish-black hairs ; beneath 

 white. Ears externally on the anterior part, colored as the 

 crown of the head, posteriorly ashy-white ; — at the apex mar- 

 gined with black ; internally nearly naked, excepting on the 

 posterior part, where they are grizzled with grayish-black and 

 white ,• in the apical portion, they are chiefly white. 



Dimensions. 

 Length from nose to root of tail. 

 From heel to point of longest nail, . 

 Height of ear externally. 

 From ear to point of nose, 

 Tail, (vertebra?,) about. 

 Do. to end of fur. 



This small hare, inhabits the wormwood plains near the 

 banks of the streams in the neighborhood of Fort Walla-walla. I 

 cannot define its range with any degree of certainty, but I have 



