DESCRIPTION OF A NEW JACK-RABBIT FROM SAN 

 PEDRO MARTIR MOUNTAIN, LOWER CALIFORNIA. 



BY JOHN M. STOWELL. 



[With Plate iii.] 



Lepus martirensis sp. nov. 



Type, ad. S No. 748, Museum Leland Stanford Junior 

 University; La Grulla, San Pedro Martir Mountains, 

 Lower California, June 30, 1893. Collectors, John M. 

 Stowell and Samuel C. Lunt. 



Total length 603; tail vertebra 95; hind foot 126; 

 ear, from crown, 184. 



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About the size of Le^us californiciis, but with much 

 larger ears and darker coloration. 



Color above, steel gray, strongly mixed with black, 

 without the rufous tinge of L. calif ornicus . Sides lighter, 

 with traces of rufous. Chin and throat yellowish white. 

 Under side of neck same color as sides, a black tip and a 

 subterminal white zone on the longer hairs giving a de- 

 cided gray tinge. Breast and inner side of legs salmon 

 color, not cinnamon as in L. calif ornicus. Belly whitish, 

 but strongly washed with light salmon. A white patch 

 between hind legs. The tail darker on lower side than 

 in Z,. calif 07'nicus . 



2d See., Vol. V. • May 28, 1895, 



