88 REMARKS ON THE GENUS LEPUS. 
Height of ear, posteriorly, 5 inches 10 lines. 
From heel to point of middle claw, 4 “ 8 “ 
Tail, including hair, about 3 “ 3 “ 
The above description is taken from the original 
specimen, deposited in the museum of the Zoologi- 
cal Society of London. It was obtained by Doug- 
lass, in California, and was sent to England after 
his death. It bears a strong resemblance to the one 
mentioned by Mr. Poinsett, as existing in Mexico, 
to which I referred at the close of my last paper 
on the hares. 
11. Lepus Richardsonii. Richardson’s Hare. 
In the valuable, and daily increasing collection 
of the Zoological Society of London, I discovered 
two specimens of an undescribed species of hare, 
which the Society kindly permitted me to describe. 
It was sent over in the last collection of Douglass, 
which was made at California. I have named it 
after a naturalist, who, in addition to what he has 
already done for natural history, is still untiringly 
engaged in elucidating the unexplored treasures of 
the American continent. 
This species is a little larger in size than the 
common American gray rabbit, (L. sylvaticus.) Its 
legs and ears, however, are much longer and thin- 
ner, and its tail shorter. Whole upper surface of a 
light mottled-gray color ; beneath white. 
CoIot. Head, cheeks, and whole upper surface 
have a mixture of yellowish-white, black, and very 
pale buff color, giving it a mottled-gray appearance. 
