274 Fretp Museum or Naturat History — Zoétoey, Vor. XI. 
states further that the young, as in the case of the Cotton-tail, are 
born naked, blind and helpless”’ (J. ¢., p. 273). 
Specimens examined from Illinois: 
Reevesville, Johnson Co., 2; Olive Branch, Alexander Co., 3=5. 
Sylvilagus aquaticus’ 
TEX: 
Map illustrating the approximate distribution of the Swamp and Marsh Rabbits belonging 
to the subgenus Tapeli. 
Sylvilagus aquaticus (BACHMAN). Type locality — Supposed to be western Ala- 
bama. Description as previously given. 
Sylvilagus, a, littoralis NeELson. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 29, 1909, p. 273.) Type 
locality — Houma, Louisiana. Size of aguaticus, but color more reddish and 
decidedly darker. 
Sylvilagus palustris (BACHMAN). (Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1837, p. 194.) 
Type locality — Coast of South Carolina. Smaller than aguaticus and under 
side of tail grayish. 
Sylvilagus p. paludicola (MILLER & Bancs). (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., IX, 1894, 
p. 105.) Type locality — Fort Island, near Crystal River, Citrus Co., Florida. 
A dark reddish brown form with short, broad ears. 
