102 MAMMALS OF UTAH 



anteriorly with dull rather pale ochraceous buffy; posteri- 

 orly bordered with white, the latter sometimes suffused 

 with deep buffy; tip of ears in front edged with black; 

 orbital area and sides of nose sometimes mor« or less 

 strongly shaded with cinnamon buffy; underside of neck 

 dull drab grayish shaded with brownish or dull buffy, 

 distinctly less yellowish and more brownish gray than in 

 campestris. Color of winter pelage : Specimens from Utah, 

 Nevada and thence north became white in winter and prac- 

 tically indistinguishable from campestris except by smaller 

 size and less black on tips of ears ; winter specimens from 

 southwestern Colorado become much more whitish than in 

 summer, but, as in the case of campestris east of the 

 mountains in that State, only a partial change takes place. 

 In strong contrast to the bright yellowish buffy backs of 

 Colorado specimens of campestris in winter, townsendi from 

 the same state at this season becomes much paler or more 

 whitish on shoulders, sides of body, and rump, and paler 

 buffy gray on top of head and back ; the ears become paler 

 and grayer than in summer; nape grayish white; top of 

 tail white with dusky along median line on top, varying 

 from scattered hairs to a strong well-marked black band 

 in several specimens from Coventry, in one case equaling 

 ordinary texianus in amount of black; top of fore feet and 

 legs dingy buffy brownish or dull grayish buffy; outside 

 of hind legs whitish or dull whitish gray ; underside of neck 

 varying from dull browish buffy to dull ecru drab, always 

 more or less strongly washed with whitish or lighter buffy ; 

 well-marked rump patch dull whitish, varying to pale dull 

 iron gray. (Nelson) 



Distribution — Great Basin region, including east slope 

 of Cascade range, and thence east to Rocky Mountains, 

 occupying eastern Washington and Oregon north to Fair- 

 view, British Columbia; and from the northeastern corner 

 of California easterly to northern Nevada, western and 

 southern Idaho, extreme southwestern Wyoming, most of 

 Utah, and Colorado from western border to summit of 

 Rocky Mountains. Vertical range from 1,000 to 12,000 

 feet. Specimens have been taken in Utah from Kanab, 

 Ogden and Salt Lake City, and hundreds are killed annually 

 for the market at the northern end of Great Salt Lake and 

 in Tooele and Utah counties. 



Jack rabbit skins are at present worth from 75 cents 

 to 35 cents a pound. The hatters of the East have recently 

 discovered that by a new method the fur of western jack 

 rabbits is suitable for hats. Heretofore most of the skins 

 they used were imported from other countries. 



