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REMARKS ON THE GENUS LEPUS. 
the name of Lepus campestris. The habit spoken 
of by Dr. Richardson, of its frequenting open plains 
and not thick woods, must therefore be referred, not 
to our northern hare, (L. americanus et L. virgin- 
ianus, Harlan,) whose habits are very different, but 
to the prairie hare, (L. campestris.) The northern 
hare has not been found on either side of the Rocky 
Mountains, but appears to be restricted to the north- 
ern parts of the United States, the Canadas, Hud- 
son’s Bay, and the countries on the north-eastern 
coast of America, to the south of lat. 64, 30. 
3. Lepus sylvaticus, (nob.) Gray Rabbit. Ame- 
rican Hare. 
Lepus sylvaticus, Journal Acad. Nat. Sci., Vol. VII., 
part 2, p. 403: A. D. 1837. Lepus americanus , Cuv. 
Regne Animal. Lepus americanus , Desmarest’s Mama- 
logie, p. 351. Lepus americanus, Harlan’s Fauna, p. 93. 
Lepus americanus, Godman, Vol. II., p. 157. Audubon’s 
Birds of America, Vol. II., plate 51, in the talons of Falco 
borealis. 
The range of this species must now be consider- 
ably restricted from that which has been assigned 
to it by authors. It does not appear to exist farther 
north than the New England states, and has not 
been found to the west of the Rocky Mountains, 
where it is replaced by other species. 
4. Lepus aquaticus, (nob.) Swamp Hare. 
Lepus aquaticus, Journal Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia: 
p. 319, plate 22, No. 2. Read March 21st, 1837. 
From specimens received from Alabama since 
