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Lepus washingtonii washingtonii — Continued. 



Range. — Washington and north to Eraser River, British 

 Columbia, from the western slope of the Cascade Mountains 

 to the sea (including the Olympic Mountains). Vertical 

 range from sea level to about 3,500 feet on the west slopt of 

 the Cascades; zonal range mainly transition and Canadian. 



t*Lepus washingtonii klamathensis (Merriam). 



1899. Lepus Iclamathensis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 

 . 16, p. 100. October 28, 1899. 



1909. Lepus wasliingtoni JclamatJiensis Nelson, North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 29, p. 107. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Head of Wood River, near Fort Klamath, 

 Klamath County, Oregon. 



Range. — Cascade Mountains and adjacent parts of Oregon and 

 higher parts of Sierra Nevada of eastern California south at 

 least to Pacific, Eldorado County. Vertical range from about 

 4,000 feet in mountains near Fort Klamath up probably to 

 timber line; zonal range, mainly Canadian. 



t*Lepus bairdii bairdii (Ha3'^den). 



1869. Lepus hairdii Hayden, Amer. Nat., vol. 3, p. 115. May, 

 1869. 



1885. Lepus americanus hairdii True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 7 (1884), p. 601. 1885. 



1909. Lepus hairdi Nelson, North Amer. Fauna, No. 29, p. 109. 

 August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Columbia Valley, Wind River Mountains, 

 Fremont County, Wyoming. 



Range. — Higher parts of Rocky Mountains from Idaho, Mon- 

 tana, and extreme eastern Washington and Oregon southeast 

 through western Wyoming, eastern Utah, and middle Colorado 

 to central New Mexico; also probably extreme southern 

 Alberta and extreme southeastern British Columbia, though no 

 specimens have been seen from these areas. Vertical range 

 from about 8,000 to 11,000 feet (timber line) in northern New 

 Mexico and Colorado; zonal range, Canadian and Hudsonian. 



*Lepus bairdii cascadensis Nelson. 



1907. Lepus hairdi cascadensis Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 20, p. 87. December 11, 1907. 



Type Locality. — Roab's ranch, near Hope, British Columbia. 



Range. — Cascade Mountains near extreme southern border of 

 British Columbia from Hope, on Fraser River, south along 

 east side of mountains at least to Martin and Easton, Wash- 

 ington. Vertical range undetermined; zonal range probably 

 Canadian and Hudsonian. 



