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sissippi. Two {L. sylvaticus and L. amerkanus) occur in Southern New- 

 England, over large portions of the Middle States, and over the northern jwr- 

 tion of the tier of States adjoining the Great Lakes and the contiguous por- 

 tions of Canada. Two {L. sylvaticus and L. 2>alus(iis) are found in the lower 

 portions of the South Atlantic States, and three (L. sylvaticus, L. palustris, 

 and L. aquaticus) over most of the lowlands of the Gulf States. 



The great interior arid plateau is the most prolific in species, four being 

 here found. Three of these {L. sylvaticus var. Nuttalli,L.ca??ipeslris,and L.cal- 

 lolis) range over most of the region between the eastern edge of the Great Plains 

 and the Pacific slope, and the fourth {L. americanus var. Bairdii) is met with 

 throughout the wooded portions of the Rocky Mountains, southward, at least, 

 to New Mexico. Three species {L. sylvaticus var. Auduboni, L. californicus, 

 and L. Trowbridgei) are also found on the Pacific slope from Southern Ore- 

 gon to the southern point of Lower California. Two species (Z.. callotis var. 

 texianus and L. sylvaticus var. Nuttalli) range over the dry interior of Mexico, 

 and three species (X. sylvaticus var. sylvaticus, L. palustris, and L. aquaticus) 

 are found in Eastern and Southeastern Mexico. These species also probably 

 extend to the northern portions of the Central American States, where they 

 reach the habitat of L. brasiliensis, which becomes the sole representative 

 of the family thence southward. 



IV. — Bini.IOORAPIIICAL KfiSUJlfe. 



The mr.e important notices of the American Lej)orida are thosc-enu- 

 mcrated l^elow. The synonymy of the species and varieties will be found 

 more fully discussed later. 



1966.— Linnaeus, Syst Nat., 19th ed., i, pp. 77, 78. Tiro species are given, Ltpv* l(m<d«> snd L bratili- 



etirit, tbe latter only as American. 

 1TT9>— Barring^on, Phil. Trans., Ixii, 11. "Hudson's Bay Quadruped ", ^^ £. americontH var. ammoaavt. 

 ■ TT9>— Forater, Phil. Trans., Ixii, 376. American Hare, = £, ani<n'oatiaa var. ameriooKM, with vngne 



allusions to L. tyltalicHt, 

 1777.— Enleben, Syst. Keg. Anim., 325, 330. I. Hmidui and L. ammcanui. The latter is based on 



Kdlm's Hoaae (Ruise Kurd, Am., iii, 349), Barringtou's "Uudsou' Bay Quadruped" (Phil. 



Trans., Ixii, 11), and Forster's "American Hare " (Phil. Trans., Ixii, 376), and hence entirely on 



unquestiouable refereucea to tbe X. americatnit of recent authors, or tbe Northern Varyiug 



Hare. 

 1778.— Pallas, Nov. sp. Glires, 30. Two strictly American species,- £g>u« kudtonius (=£. amerioaMM) 



and L. lapeli ( = bnuiUenrit) ; also t, txtriabUit, = L. timidiu. 

 1780.- Fabricius, Faun. Oroonl,, p. 26. Lepat timidiu, = L. timidtu var. artliau. 

 1781 and 1784.— Pennant, Hist. Quad., no.243,and Arct.Zool.,i,05. American Hare = JE^. amerioaaM, 



with vague allusions to L. tylvatictit. (These editions I have not seen.) 

 178'!.— SchUpf, Dor Naturfurschcr, 2U. Stuck, Hallo, 1764. Der notd-amerlkanisclie Haase. An cz- 



•olleut deaoription of L. tylniMow. (See Baird, Uam. N. Auer., pp. 500, COO.) 



