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believe that it is very contracted, never having met 
with it many miles from this locality. It is here 
abundant, but very shy and retired, keeping con- 
stantly in the densest wormwood bushes, and leap- 
ing with singular speed from one to another when 
pursued. I have never seen it dart away and run 
to a great distance like other hares. I found it very 
difficult to shoot this animal, for the reasons stated. 
I had been residing at Fort Walla-walla for two 
weeks, and had procured only two, when, at the 
suggestion of Mr. Pambrun, I collected a party of 
a dozen Indians, armed with bows and arrows, and 
sallied forth. We hunted through the wormwood 
within about a mile of the fort, and in a few hours 
returned, bringing eleven hares. The keen eyes of 
the Indians discovered the little creatures squatting 
under the bushes, where, to a white man, they would 
have been totally invisible. This hare, when wound- 
ed and taken, screams like our common species. 
14. Lepus Bachmani, (Waterhouse.) Bachman’s 
Hare. 
Lepus Bachmani. Manuscript of G. R. Waterhouse. 
Manuscript edition to Zoological Society, Catalogue A, 587. 
Read before the Zoological Society of London, August 
14th, 1838. 6 
In examining the collection of American Mam- 
malia, in the museum of the Zoological Society of 
London, aided by my friend, Mr. Waterhouse, the 
curator of the Museum, to whom I am indebted for 
many facilities in examining specimens, and for 
