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(2) Ilyirolagm palustrit (= T,. pal>uM»), to which he proporly refers hix L. Douglaul vnr. 2 J 

 (^\) Sjihilagut nanu» (=L. tyhaticut); (4) SyMlagut Artemisia ami (fl) Syleilaijiit nachmanni 

 [»te] (4 and 5= /,. iglvalicvt vnr. Nultalti) ; (6) iepiM Brc«c«« (= £. timidua var. orcdcin) ; (7) 

 r^put americanui; (8) Z«pii» frtuAingitoiii (=i. amcHoanua var. n'oc/ifniyfoiiO ; (9) Lepwt cam- 

 palrii; (10) Upu> calMii [»ic!], includiDj; the synoDyms nsnnlly rerorre<l to L. caltotit; (II) 

 l.epua caV/ornicui (properly inolmliiig his own L. Bennelti with its other synonyms) ; (12) tL. 

 longioaudalut, " Magellan's Straits", altbongh he provionaly refers " L. Imgicaudatm Gray " to 

 L. tazatil\t(\); (13) Tapeti branUieiitit. Under Cuniculiu fodiera {=Ltpu» cunicu/m Linn.), 

 he proporly places the " L. mageUaniaui Less.", based on feral specimens of this s{>ocies from 

 the Falkland Islands. 



1 808.— Abbott, Cook's Geol. of New Jersey, 759. L. lylvaticui in New Jersey. ' 



1868.— Cooper, Amor. Nat., ii, Kje. Notes on the hahiU and distribution of L. Towniendi (=£. cam- 

 petlrit) and L. •• arlemitia". 



I868.-Brown, Proo. Zool. 8oo. Lond., 1868, 351. Notes on L. amtricanut. 



1869.— Allen, Proo. Host. Soc. Nat. Hist., xiii, 194. L. tylvaticm in Iowa. 



1869.— Allen, Ball. Mas. Comp Zool,, i, 839. Sylmlagiu nanut (=i. tglvaticiu) in Massochnsetts. 



1869.— Cooper, Amer. Nat., iii, 470. Distribution of L. callotit and L. calt/vrnicua in the Colorado 

 Valley. 



1869.— Coues, Proc. Boat. Soo. Nat. Hist., xiii, 86. Biographical account of £. j)aIua(H«. 



1869.— Frantzius, Wiegm. Arch., 1869, i, 236. L. hroMilieniiit in Costa Rica. 



1869.— Hayden, Amer. Nat., iii, 115. Lepuii Bairdii (=L. amtricanut var. Bairdii) described. 



1869.— Welch, Proc. Zuol. Soo. Lond., 1869, 228. Seasonal changes of color in L. americanut. 



1871.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., ii, 184. L. fyltaticiu and L. palutlrit in Florida. 



18T3.— Oilpin, Proc. and Trans. Nov. Sco. Inst. Nat. 8ci., iii, 46, Notice of L, amerivanua. 



18Til.— Kensel, Abbandl. d. phys. Klasse d. kouigl. Akad. d. Wissensoh. zu Berlin, 1872, 62. L. bra- 

 ai/ienaia in Southern Brazil. 



18T3.— Lincecum, Amer. Nat., 771. Distribution and habits of L. aquatio*$. 



18*8.— Merriam, Hayden's U. 8. Geol. Survey, 6th Ann. Rop., 666-668. "L. callutiit" (=£. campetlria), 

 collected at Ogden, Utah, and a biographical notice of L. " Bairdii ". 



1874.— Allen, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, 52, 58, 61, 66. Notes on the distribution of L. callotit, L. campeilrit, 

 L. tylvatioui var. "artemtaia", and L. americaniti var. fiairdii. 



187S.— Allen, Proc. Bost. Soo. Nat. Hist., xvii, 430-436. A general synopsis of the American Lrporida, 

 with an analysis of the species and varieties, based on tho collections of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and the Museum of Comparative Zuology, Three primary divisions of the genus 

 Lepiu are recognized, with two subordinate divisions under each. The speoiflo and sub- 

 specifio characters are briefly indicated, together with the principal synonyms and the geo- 

 graphical distribution of each variety, Tho species and varieties recognized are as follows : — 

 (1) L. timidut var. arclicHa; (2) L. campetlris; (3) L. americanut, with varieties (a) amerjoanua, 

 (b) v<r<;<ii<<iiiHa, (c) n'oaAisjtoiii, (d) Bairdii ; (4) Lepui tyhaticut, with varieties (a) tyhalicui, 

 (b) NuttalU, (c) ^udu6osi; (5) L. TrowMdgei ; (6) L. bratilientit ; (7) L. oallolit ; (8) £. oati- 

 fomicut ; (9) L. palutlrit. No really new form is here added, and only one of those given by 

 Baird in 1857 {L. Backmani) is canceled. The two additions made to those given by Bainl 

 are thu L, Bairdii described by Dr. Hayden in 18fi9, and a variety through the division of 

 the //. americaiiHt of Baird's work into two varieties. Tho chief differenco between tho 

 results here reached and those given by Baird consists in the reduction of several of tho 

 formerly so-called species to subspecies, in consequence of the increased amount of material 

 at command having shown them to be iutorgroding forms. 



v.- -CHAEACTEKI8TIC8 OF THE FAMILY AND SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES AND 



VARIETIES. 



Excluding the genus Lagomys, formerly associated with the Hares, but 

 of late very properly regarded as the type of a distinct family, the Leporidee 

 constitute one of the most natural and best-defined groups among mammals. 

 The Lagomyula are decidedly their nearest allies, but differ in important 



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