Allen.] 434 [February 17, 



c. var. "Washingtoni. 



Lepus Washingtoni Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 333, 

 1855. — Ibid., Mam. N. Am., 583, 1857, 



Habitat. West of the Rocky Mountains, (mainly west of the Cas- 

 cade Range?) from the mouth of the Columbia northward into 

 British Columbia. 



d. var. Bairdii. 



Lepus Bairdii Hay den, Am. Nat., Ill, 115, 1869. 

 Habitat. The higher parts of the Rocky Mountains, southward to 

 New Mexico, northward into British America. 



4. Lepus sylvaticus. 



a. var. sylvaticus. 



Lepus nanus Schreber, .Saugt., IV, 881, 1792. (In part only.) 



Sylvilagus nanus ..Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., XX, 

 221,. 1867. 



Lepus americanus 'Desmarest,.Mammalogie, II, 354, 1822. — Bach- 

 man, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 326, 1837. 



Lepus sylvaticus Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 403, 

 .1837. — Ibid., VIII, 78, 1839. — Baird, Mam. N. Am., 579, 1857. 



Habitat. United States east of the 97th meridian, excluding those 

 portions embraced in the Canadian Fauna, (Northern New England 

 and the more elevated parts of Appalachian Highlands). 



b. var. Nuttalli. 



Lepus Nuttalli Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 345, 

 1837. (Based on an immature specimen.) 



Lepus Bachmani Waterhouse, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., VI, 103, 

 1838. —Ibid., Nat. Hist. Mam., II, 124, 1848. — Baird, Mam. N. 

 Am., 606, 1857. 



Lepus artemisia Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VIII, 94, 

 1839. — Baird, Mam. N. Am., 602, 1851. 



Habitat. United States west of the 97th meridian, excluding a 

 narrow belt along the Pacific .coast, and possibly southwestern Ari- 

 zona and southern California. 

 ,c. var. Auduboni. 



Lepus Auduboni Baird, Mam. N. Am., 608, 1857. 



Habitat. Southwestern Arizona, southern and Lower California. 



5. Lepus Trowbridgei. 



Lepus trowbridgei Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 333, 

 1855.— Ibid., Mam. N. Am., 610, 1857. 



Habitat. 

 fornia to Cape St. Lucas. 



