LEPUS. 357 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. tcxensis deserticola, but darker above in 

 summer pelage; in winter pelage like L. t. ereniicus or L. Hilarensis. 

 Ears shorter; hind foot slightly larger. 



Color. Fall Pelade. Upper parts mixed black and buffy fulvous, 

 deeper on the sides; pectoral band dark fulvous; top of head and 

 sides of face grizzled gray ; orbital ring and sides of face pale fulvous ; 

 ears finelv grizzled fulvous brown. In summer the orbital ring is 

 nearlv white; cheeks are pale buffy gray, and the pectoral collar pale 

 yellowish buffy. 



Measurements. Type. Totab length, 555; tail vertebrae, 95; hind 

 foot, 126. 



888. Lepus tularensis Merriam. 



Lepus tularensis Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvii, 1904, p. 136. 

 Tulare Jack Rabbit. 



Type locality. Alila (San Joaquin Valley), Tulare County, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Geogr. Distr. Baker's field, Tulare Basin, south end of San Joa- 

 quin Valley, California. 



Geiil. Char. Similar to L. t. deserticola, but paler and more yel- 

 lowish; size rather small. 



Color. General color pale buffy grayish toned with yellowish; 

 back slightly grizzled with black; nape patch whitish; face and neck 

 pale buffv yellowish or yellowish buff slightly grizzled with dark 

 hairs; pectoral collar pale yellowish: thighs grayish clay color; under 

 parts white tinged with pale yellow; buffy on sides. 



Measurements. Total length, 558 ; tail vertebrae, 84 ; hind foot, 117. 



889. Lepus callfornicus Grav. 



Lepus calijornica Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Xat. Hist., i, 1837, P- 5^^- 

 Lepus californicus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 291. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. In- 

 dies, F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 437- Zool. Ser. 

 Lepus benhetti Gray, Voy. Sulphur, Zool., 1844, p. 36, pi. 14. 

 California Jack Rabbit. 



Type locality. "St. Antoine," Santa Barbara County'' California. 

 Geo^r. Distr. Northern California south to Cape St. Lucas, Lower 

 California, Mexico. 



(I. Lf'piis califoTuieiis xfinti Thomas. 



Lepus calijornictis xanti Thomas, Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., 7th Ser., 

 I, 1898, p. 45. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I. 1904. p. 438. Zoo). Ser. 



