106 NORTHERN HARE. 



with but two specimens, one of which was not named, and the other was 

 not improperly labelled, " Lepus Americanus Harlan, non Erxleben." 

 The rigid rule of priority will always preserve for the Northern Hare 

 the name of L. Americanus, ■whilst L. nanus, L. Httclsonicus, and L. Vir- 

 ginianus, must be set down merely as synonymes. 



