I JO MAMMALS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEV. 



i&hus at Finzel, Md., only yi a hiile from the Pa^ line."^-Merriami " Not 

 plentiful at Elk Lick^ but there are some." — Mief, 1902. 



Sullivan Co. — " Fodnd all over wooded districts, but diminish as big tiirlber 

 is tetnoved; Rhododendron swamps are their haunts in winten" — Bfehr, 1901. 

 Abundant about Eaglfesmere. — Bennett, 1896; "The 'Jack rabbit ' is found 

 occasionally between Highland Lake and Eaglesmere and in other parts of 

 the Bald Eagle mountairii" — Parker, 1900, 



Tioga Co. — " Driven by gray rabbit from clearings into deep swamps." — 

 Cleveland, 1900. Plentiful; thousands in this locality (BlosSburg). — Bab- 

 cock, 1900. 



Union Co. — " Seen a few years ago in the mountains. Some firobably re- 

 main in Union Co." — Chambers, igoo; 



Vtnarigo Co. — " Not found. Have endeavored to stock our woods iVith 

 them without success." — Dorworth, 1900. 



Wayne Co^ — Nutneirous. — Stocker, 1900. Fast decreasing.^^Ooodrlbugh, 

 1900: Quite a nurtiber to be found in swamps. — Stevfens, 1900. " Decreas- 

 ing; 3 or 4 shot in Nov., 1899, at White's Valley, only half white." — Day. 

 Soine left-.* — Teeple, igoo* A few killed in the swamps evety winter. — Kfellew, 

 1900. 



Wyoming Co. — Found all over wooded distticts.^ — Behrj 1901. Quite 

 plenty on the mountains in some places. — Robinson, 1900. 



Records in N. J. — Passaic Co. — Exterminated in the vicinity of Greenwood 

 Lake mountains about 1890. Larkin Hazen shot one in the mountain just 

 north of the state line, Orange Co., N. York, in 1891. — Rhoads. 



Sussex Co. — They used to frequeht the tamarack swamps near Culver's 

 Lakfe aiid Long Potid, and were thought by hunters to still exist there in 

 1896. I was unable to find any in these swamps, however. — Rhoads. 



Warren Co. — Mr. Strickland, of Blairstown, told me that a few still existed 

 around the high mountain swamps and lakes of the Kittatinny Range. — 

 Rhoads, 1902. 



Habits, etc. — My knowledge of the habits of this hare is derived solely 

 from accounts given me by hunters. It does not differ very greatly from the 

 cottontail in habitsj but prefers secluded swamps and shadedj wooded re- 

 treats to those hiore tpeii ones frequented by the smaller species. The 

 apparent drivihg out bf this large species by the letter is to my tnihd solely 

 due to defofeSlatioti, bringiiig about a climate fatal to itfe existence ovet vast 

 tracts once congenial. I doubt greatly if the small rabbit in any way perse- 

 cutes its rival, but it hieielj^ foUo'frs the " opening lip bf the counti:y " because 

 that process enables it to live T^rhere formerly the virgijl forest condititihs 

 excluded it. 



The food of this hare being chiefly of trees and bushes, is of such a nature 

 at certain seasons as to make its flesh greatly inferior to that of the cotton- 



