364 BULLETIN 79, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Sylvilagus transitionalis — Continued. 

 Range. — New England States north to Rutland, Vermont, south- 

 ern New Hampshire, extreme southwestern Maine, and south- 

 west through eastern New York (including southern end of Lake 

 George and Long Island), New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, 

 and Maryland to Alexandria, Virginia; also along the Alleghe- 

 nies through West Virginia to Roan Mountain, North Carolina, 

 and Brasstown Bald Mountain in extreme northern Georgia. 

 Vertical range from near sea level in Virginia to 6,000 feet on 

 Roan Mountain, North Carolina; zonal range mainly transi- 



• tion and thence down into upper part of upper austral zone« 



*Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii (Bachman). 



1837. Lepus nuttallii Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 7, p. 345. 



1885. Lepus sylvaticus nuUalli True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

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



1904. Sylvilagus nuttallii Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 45, p. 

 336. June 15, 1904. 



Type Locality. — Vicinity of the junction of the Snake and 

 Columbia Rivers, Washington. 



Range. — Plains and lower mountain slopes of Columbia River 

 basin in eastern Washington and Oregon; also northeastern 

 California, northwestern Nevada, and western Idaho. Verti- 

 cal range from about 100 feet on Columbia River to about 

 3,000 feet altitude near Prineville, Oregon; zonal range mainly 

 upper Sonoran and lower part of transition zone. 



* Sylvilagus nuttallii granger! (Allen). 



1895. Lepus sylvaticus grangeri Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 7, p. 264. August 21, 1895. 



1903. Lepus l[aticinctus] perplicatus Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., 

 publ. 87, zool. ser., vol. 3, p. 255. December, 1903. (Han- 

 nopec Canyon, Panamint Mountains, Inyo County, California.) 



1909. Sylvilagus nuttalli grangeri Nelson, North Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 29, p. 204. August 31, 1909. ^ 



Type Locality. — Hill City, Black HiUs, Custer County, South 

 Dakota. 



Range. — Western South Dakota, most of Montana and Wyo- 

 ming; most of the sagebrush plains of Idaho (except extreme 

 western and northwestern parts), Nevada (except northwest- 

 ern corner and low valleys in the south) ; mountains of middle 

 eastern California from near Mono Lake to Panamint Range; 

 most of Utah, and northwestern Colorado; extends north of the 

 United States into southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. 

 Zonal range mainly transition and upper half of upper Sonoran 

 zone. 



