86 REMARKS ON THE GENUS LEPUS. 
tained on the mountains between the unsettled line 
of Texas and Mexico. 
Dimensions. 
Length from point of nose to 
root of tail, 
Tail, (vertebrae,) 
Tail, including fur, 
From heel to longest nail, 
Head over the curve, about 
From eye to nose, 
Across the eyes, 
Ears, posteriorly, 
Greatest breadth, 
20 inches 0 lines. 
1 6 “ 
2 “ 6 “ 
4 “ 7 “ 
4 “ 6 “ 
1 “ 9 “ 
1 “ 4 “ 
4 “ 7 “ 
2 “ 3 « 
10. Lepus calif ornicus, (Gray,) Californian Hare. 
Lepus cali/ornicus, Gray, in Loudon’s Magazine of 
Natural History, Vol. I., New Series, p. 586, Nov. 1837. 
The Californian hare, nearly the size of the polar 
hare ; in form and proportions resembling the Eng- 
lish hare, (Lepus timidus.) Upper surface dark 
brown ; white beneath, tinged with yellow. 
Color .— The top of the head and upper surface 
of the back mottled with black and pale yellowish- 
brown. The hairs on the back are annulated, as 
follows: pale plumbeous for two-thirds of their 
length, then very pale brown, then black, then yel- 
lowish-brown, and tipt with black ; cheeks, breast, 
sides of the body, thighs, exterior of fore and hind 
legs, fawn, very slightly tipt, more or less, with 
black. Upper surface of the tail, and for a few 
