90 REMARKS ON THE GENUS LEPUS. 
yellowish-brown. The fore legs are of the same 
color, with a little black interspersed. The color 
on the back extends down the exterior part of the 
thio-hs, where it becomes a little browner. Soles 
of the feet the same as in the other specimen. Chin 
and throat dingy white. The whole under surface 
dingy white. Ears differing from the other speci- 
men, in being yellowish-white in those places where 
they are white in the other, and browner where the 
grizzled color exists. Whiskers, in nearly all the 
hairs, black to the tips, with one or two white hairs 
intermixed. 
Dimensions. 
Length from nose to root of tail, 18 inches 0 lines. 
“ of head, 4 “ 6 “ 
Tail, including fur, about 
1 
a 
3 
Length of ears, posteriorly, 
5 
(( 
9 
Heel to end of middle claw, 
4 
u 
7 1 
Breadth of skull over the eyes, 
1 
u 
6 
Eye to point of nose, 
2 
u 
11 
Breadth of ear, 
2 
u 
5 
Length of elbow to wrist, 
4 
u 
11 
From toe to wrist, 
2 
u 
3 
Nothing is known of the habits of these species, 
as the specimens sent by Douglass was not accom- 
panied by any notes. 
12. Lepus Tomnsendii. Townsend’s Hare. PI. II. 
This species, which is another of the discoveries 
of Mr. Townsend, and of which no specimen exists 
