PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 333 
Distribution in New York. The southern cottontail barely reaches 
the southeastern extremity of New York. 
Principal records. Bangs: Specimens recorded from Hastings, Os- 
wego co. and South Nyack, Rockland co. (’95,p.411). Fisher: ‘‘ Com- 
mon [at Sing Sing]. Although hundreds are killed every winter never- 
theless they appear to be just as common at the present time as 20 years 
ago” (’96, p. 198). Mearns: “ Fairly common throughout the [Hud- 
son] highlands and found everywhere, from the brackish marshes beside 
the Hudson to the tops of the highest mountains. Some individuals, 
those from the highest localities, verge towards the subspecies évansztzon- 
alis of Bangs, which is the only form of this species found about Fort 
Miller 150 niles higher up the Hudson in Washington Come Nia Vie ood 
P. 331). 
I have never met with this rabbit in New York, but Mr A. H. Howell 
and Mr A. H. Helme have shown me specimens from Long Island. Mr 
Helme’s specimens have been identified by Mr Outram Bangs. 
Lepus floridanus transitionalis (Bangs) Vortheastern cottontail 
1837 Lepus americanus Bachman, Acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia. Journ. 
VD Uae Parse On (pact). 
1837 Lepus sylvaticus Bachman, Acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia. Journ. 
Wo Wa lin Bo 8 IOs, (BDH), 
1842 Lepus nanus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. p. 94 
(part). 
1884 Lepus sylvatieus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 2:213 
(part). 
1895 Lepus sylvaticus transitionalis Bangs, Boston soc. nat. hist. Proc. 
26: 405. 
1898 Lepus nuttalli transitionalis Thomas, Ann, and Mag, nat. hist. 
Oct Soon sete 7125 320. 
1898 Lepus sylvaticus transitionalis Mearns, U. S. Nat. mus. Proc. 
20 = 345- 
1899 Lepus floridanus transitionals Allen, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bul. 
4 Mar. 1899. 12: 13. 
Type locality. Liberty Hill, New London co. Ct. 
faunal position. The northeastern cottontail appears to be strictly 
confined to the transition zone. 
FHalitat. “ Lepus sylvaticus transitionalis ... is seldom found in open 
fields but prefers the seclusion of the thickest swamps, green _brier 
