remarks on the genus lepus. 
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To the industry and persevering zeal of Mr. 
ov nsend, and to the kind attention and liberality 
oi the members of the Zoological Society of Lon- 
c 01 i) I am indebted for the privilege of adding to 
our North American Fauna the following additional 
species of hares. 
8. Lepus longicaudatus, (Gray.) Long-Tailed Hare. 
(Gray.) Loudon's Magazine, 
Vol. I., New Series, p. 586, Nov. 1837. 
Long-tailed hare, nearly the size of the northern 
hare; more slender in form, tail much longer; co- 
i°r blackish-brown above, white beneath. 
mivtnrJrm 6 f th ® Upper surface of this species is a 
0 . . e ° P black and P ale brown, extending along the 
exterior of the thighs and legs, but becoming grayer 
on the cheeks; around the eyes grayish-white - 
upper surface of the tail blackish-brown ; sides and 
under surface white; space behind the ears, on the 
back to the shoulder, reddish-brown. Under part 
■ ie neck and breast nearly similar to that of the 
ack, but grayer, and having less black. Hairs, 
lor half their length from the roots, silver-gray, 
blending into a pale yellowish-brown, then black 
then pale yellowish-brown, and tipt with deep 
blackish-brown. The whole of the abdomen, inte- 
nor of legs, thighs, under surface of tail, snow- 
ite; chm and throat grayish-white; soles pale 
rufous-brown ; hind part of the outer surface of the 
thinlv°I T + °' th , irds of thei r breadth, rufous-brown, 
thinly scattered with hair, black at the tips, edged 
white at the sides ; anterior third the color of 
