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288 MONOGRAPHS OP KORTH AMERICAN RODENTIA. 



LEPUS TIMIDUS Linn. 



Polar Hare. 



Vsr. TIMIDUS. ' ■ 



lepus limiiaa Linn,, Syst. Nat., lOtli ed., i, 1758, 57; 12th ed., 176C, — ; Faun. 8ueo.,iW ed., 1761, 9 'Keo 

 L. (imtJus Omkun, Syat. Nat., 1788, i, 160, and moat subseqaent authors, which U L. 

 eunpmta Pallas, Nov. Sp. Olires, 1778, 30.)— Erxleben, Syat. Keg. Anim., 1777, 389.— TiiCN- 

 BERG, Beakr. p& Svenake Djr., 1798, 38.— Retzius, Faun. Sueo., i, 1800, 31.— L' lljeboro, 

 Kongl. Vetenak. Akad. i Stookh. Hand!., 1850 [1851], 26 ; Fauna ofver Sveriges och Norges 

 Ryggrads^ur, 1873, 418.—" Holhorbn, Skandin. Diigg., 1865, -.WO." 



Lefua timidua var. p. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. An., 1835, 35. 



Lepud rariabilii Pallas, Nov. Sp. Glirea, 1778, 1, 30; Zoog. Koaso-Aaiat., i, 1811, 145.— Zimmkrhann, 

 Geog. Oeaoh., ii, 1780, 235.— Omelin, Syat. Nat., i, 1788, 161.— Schreber, Stiuget., iv, 1792, 

 8a5, pi. coxxxv, A, B.— SHAW, Gen. Zool., ii, 1801, SOI.— Desuarest, Mammal., 1820, 349.— 

 Flemhino, Bri^. An., 1828, 22.- Fischer, Syn. Ham., 1829, 372.— Nilsson, Skand. Fann., 

 1832, 22.- Keysbrlino & Blasius, Wirbelth. Europa'e, 1840, 31.— Waonbr, Schreber'a 

 SUugot., auppl., iv, 1844, 79.— Bell, Brit. Qnad., 1847, 343.— Wateriiouse, Nat. Hiat. Mam., 

 ii, 1848, 51.— HiDDENDORF, Bull. Acad. Pfitersb., iz, 1851, 226.— Oikdel, Saoget., 1856, 446.— 

 ScilRENCK, Reiaen in Amnrland, 1858. 



Lepiia albua Brisson, Reg. An., 1756, 139.— Jenyns, Brit. Vert Anim,, 1835, 35. 



L<pun borealia Nilsson, Vet. Akad. 6fvora., 1847, 133; Skand. Faun., 1847, 440. 



Lepiia canencem Nilsson, Vet. Akad. dfvora., 1847, 133 ; Skand. F^kan., 1847, 429. 



Lepiu hibernicm Bell, Brit. Quad,, 1837, 341.— Thompson, Trans. Roy. Irish Acad., zviii, ill, 1838, — . 



Var. ARCTICC8. 



Lepiia timidua Fadricius, Faun, Groenl,, 25, 1780. 



Lqim arcticua Leach, Roaa'a Voyage, 8vo. ed. ii, 1819, app., 151. — Gray, Ann. and Hag. Nat. Hist., 3d sor., 

 XX, 1867, 224. 



Lepua glacialia Leacii, Rosa's Voyage, 8vo. ed. ii, 1819, app., iv, 170.— Sabine, Narr. Franklin's Jonmey, 1823, 

 app,, 664 ; Parry'a First Voy:»ge, auppl,, 1824, 187.— Richardson, Parry'a Second Voyage, 

 1825, app,, 337; Faun. Bor,-Am., i, 1829, 221; Back's Arct, Land Exped., 1836, app., 497.— 

 Harlan, Faun. Am., 1825, 194.— Godman, Am. Nat. Hiat., ii, 1826, 162.— H. SMrrii, Griffith's 

 Cuvicr'a An. King., v, 1827, 265.— Fischer, Synop. Mam., 1829, 373.— J. C. Ross, Rosa's 

 Second Voyage, 1825, app., xv; Ross'a Third Voyage, 1826, app., 93. — Uachman, Jonrn. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 285, pi. xxi ; viii, 1839, 76.— Wagner, Schreber'a Siinget., iv, 

 pi. ccxxxv, D ; Snppl. Schreber'a SUugot., iv, 1844, 101.— Watehuouse, Nat. Hist. Ham., ii, 

 1848, 102.— AuD. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., i, 1849, 242, pi. xxxii.— Baird, Mam. N. Am., 

 1857, 577, pi, Ivi, flg, 1 (aknll).— Hurbay, Geog, Diatr.Mam., 1666, 253.— Bbown, Proo. ZoCI. 

 Soc. Lond., 1868, 351. 



Winter pelage pure white, except the tips of the ears, which are black. 

 The whiteness extends to the base of the fur. Summer pelage above light 

 yellow-brownish gray, varied with black; below white, washed with plum- 

 beous, daikest on the breast. Ears black, varied with yellowish-gray at the 

 base, and bordered posteriorly with white. Rump and upper surface of the 

 tail sooty-plutnbeous. Under fur whitish at base, succeeded by a faint tinge 

 of fulvous. Hairs black, with a subterminal broad bar of yellowish-gray, 

 and tipped with black. Ears rather shorter tlian the head ; hind feet much 

 longer than the head. Length, 22 to 2G inches; hind foot, 6 inches; ear, 

 4 inches ; weight, 7 to 1 1 pounds. 



