510 COMMON BUZZARD. 
Length to end of tail 23 inches ; wing from flexure 17; tail 103; 
bill along the ridge 13%, along the edge of lower mandible 174; tarsus 
3;°,; hind toe 1, its claw 17; ; middle toe 11, its claw 144. 
Another specimen in my possession, procured by Dr TowxseNnD 
on the plains of Snake River, has the upper parts brown, streaked and 
spotted with reddish-white ; the upper tail-coverts white, barred with 
dusky, the lower parts as above described. The colours however vary, 
and in some the upper parts are deep brown, the lower reddish or 
brownish white, barred with reddish-brown. 
When compared with European specimens, mine have the bill 
somewhat stronger; but in all other respects, including the scutella 
and scales of the feet and toes, and the structure of the wings and tail, 
the parts are similar. 
Marsu Hare. 
Lervs patustris, Bachman. 
The Hare figured in the plate is thus described by my learned 
friend Dr Bacumay, in his excellent observations on the different spe- 
cies of the genus Lepus inhabiting the United States and Canada, in- 
serted in the seventh volume of the Journal of the Academy of Natural 
Sciences of Philadelphia :— 
“‘ Smaller than the American Hare. Ears much shorter than the 
head ; eyes rather small; tail very short ; feet small, thinly clothed 
with hair. Upper surface yellowish-brown ; beneath, grey. 
Incisors 4 Canines 9=® Molars &§ — 98. 
2, 0—9, 5—5 
«The upper incisors are longer and broader than those of the 
American Hare, marked, like all the rest of the species, with a deep 
longitudinal furrow. The small accessary incisors are smaller and less 
flattened than those of the last mentioned species, and the molars are 
narrower and a little shorter. The transverse diameter of the cranium 
