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this form. The range as given by that author is as follows: “‘West 
of Alleghany Mountains from Lake Simcoe, Toronto, Canada, cen- 
tral New York, central Pennsylvania, western West Virginia, and 
eastern Kentucky, and eastern Tennessee, west through southern 
Michigan and Wisconsin to southeastern Minnesota, and south 
through Iowa to Trego county, Kansas, northern Missouri and 
Illinois, with all of Indiana and Ohio.”’ 
The following description is based on the examination of forty- 
seven specimens, all shot December 5, 1908, in the same locality. 
The records of all the specimens shot of which a complete record 
could be given are included. Probably a good proportion of the 
specimens were born that season. 
The average measurements are given below. 
Average length 
No. of Hieacond | 
specimens Total Tail Ee aoe Hind foot Ear 
measured | | I y 
| 
in mm in mm in mm in. | mm in | mm 
| | 
| 
Bemtemales acess acs sce | LOns2 | 424.2 166) |"42752 15.06 | 382. 3.80) || 9729" 925. 7 | 68.6 
| | 
ABIES Cre ats a. sedis S See ee] 1652") 41'9)9) | 166" | 42.2. | 14.86") 377-6 |) 389) |) 98.8 | 2274 16926 
| | | | | | | 
Average for the 47........ 16.60 | 422.2 | 1.66 | 42.2 | 14.94 | 380. Sraretor || Wika il || Aye | 69. 
The accompanying polygon of lengths of body and head shows 
better than the above the range in size. 
n ee 
Length in mm. 
Fig. 4. Polygon of lengths of 44 individuals of the common rabbit. 
