LEPUS. 



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The Polar Hare. 



Distribution. — The northern regions of both hemispheres , Scot- 

 land and Ireland, and the Alps and elevated regions of Central 

 Europe. 



a. Skin (sum- 

 mer). 



i. Skin ■(win- 

 ter). 



t. Stuffed (win- 

 ter). 



<*. Stuffed (win- 

 ter). 



■e. Stuffed (sum- 

 mer) and 

 skull. 



/. Stuffed (win- 

 ter). 

 ■g-j. 3 Skulls 



Norway 



Scotland 



Norway 



Scotland 



Ireland 



No history 



^iiristiania Univ., A.S.B. 

 Sir W. JaTdine, A.S.B. 

 Christiania Univ., A.S.B. 

 Sir W. Jardine, A.S.B. 

 A. D. Bairtlett, A.S.B. 



A.S.B. 



A. D. BaTtlett. 



Lepus segyptius. 



Lepus aegyptius, li. Geoff. St. Nil. Descrip. Egypt. Hist, Nat., ii, p. 739, 

 Atlas, pi. vi, fig. 2 (1812) ; Waierhouse Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 85 ; 

 Blanford Abyssinia, p. 273. 



Lepus aegyptiacus, Hempy & Ehr. Symb. Phys„ pi. xv, fig, i {1828). 



Lepus habessinicus, Brehm ffabesck., p. 64 (1863)*. 



Distribntion. — North-East Africa. 



a. Skin g Koomeylee, Abyssinia, W. T. Blanford. 



400 ft., 2-6-68. 



b. Skin $ Zoulla, Annersley Bay, W. T. Blaoford. 



Abyssinia, 6-2-68. 



Lepus tigrensis. 



Lepus tigrensis, Blanford Ann, Mag. N. H. (4), iv, p. 330 (1869) ; id. Abys- 

 sinia,^ 275. 

 Lepus abyssinicus, apud Lefebre Voyage Abyssinie, vi, Atlas, pi. v, fig. i « 



Distribution. — Hill country of Abyssinia. 



a-b. 2 Skins Takonda, Abyssinia, W. T. Blanford. 



Takonda, Abyssinia, 

 7,500 ft., 27-1-68. 

 c. Skin nr. Tigr^, Abyssinia, 



7,S00ft., I •3-68. 



W. T. Blanford. 



Lepus capensis. 



Lepus capensis, Linnaus Sysi. Nat., I2th ed., i, p. 76 (1766) ; Waierhouse 



Nat. Hist. Mamm., W, p. 95 ; Blyth Cat. no. 429, p. 130. 

 Lepus ochropus, Wagner, Schreber's Saugeth. Suppl., iv, p. 96 (1844). 



Distribution. — South Africa. 

 a. Stuffed South Africa 



E. L. Layard, A.S.B. 



