37. 
SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
This new subspecies was named after Mrs. 
Sowerby by Mr. N. Hollister in the Proce. 
of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 
XXV, pp. 182-183. 
This hare differs from Lepus swinhoei 
subluteus of the Ordos in having a “ greyer 
rump, lighter pinkish-buff chest-band, and 
more white on undersides of fore legs,’ and 
also in having a larger and heavier skull— 
with larger audital bulle. Lepus swinhoet 
subluteus was distinguished from Lepus swin- 
hoei on account of its paler colour. 
These hares were very abundant on the 
Wu-tsai plain and elsewhere on our line of 
march. Its Chinese name is “T’u érh” or 
“Tu tat.” 
Lepus tolai, Pallas. 
One specimen, g. Tabool, 100 miles N. of 
Kalgan, Mongolia. 4,000 ft. 
In colour this hare seems to be darker than 
the foregoing species. In North Shansi we 
sometimes saw extremely light-coloured hares, 
but were never fortunate enough to secure 
one, the specimens we shot all being of the 
usual colouring. ‘These hares are very com- 
mon, being especially abundant in the long 
grass round lagoons. As Mongol camps are 
usually situated in the same localities, it 
gives one the impression that these much 
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