98 REMARKS ON THE GENUS LEPUS. 
of the fore feet, deep brown. The fore feet, above, 
very pale brown, approaching to white. The hairs 
covering the toes, principally white. Claws slender 
and pointed, that of the longest toe remarkably 
slender. Ears longer than the head, sparingly fur- 
nished with hair, the hairs minute and closely ad- 
pressed, externally, on the fore part grizzled with 
black and yellowish-wliite, on the hinder part gray- 
ish-white; internally, the ears are white, towards 
the posterior margin obscurely grizzled with black- 
ish, at the margin yellowish, and the apical portion 
is obscurely margined with black ; at the base, the 
hairs are of a woolly nature, and of a very pale buff 
color ; the hairs on the occipital part of the head, and 
extending slightly on the neck, are of the same co- 
lor, and of the same woolly character.” 
This animal possibly may not be an adult, but 
neither in the teeth, as far as the stuffed specimen 
will allow of the examination, nor in the character 
of the fur, can I see any reason for believing it to 
be young, excepting that it is much under the ordi- 
nary size of the species of the genus Lepus ; and 
although it may possibly not be an adult, it certain- 
ly is not a very young animal. Compared with 
Lepus palustris, with which species it was sent 
over by Mr. Douglass, it presents the following 
points of distinction : — Although the animal is not 
above one-third of the size of Lepus palustris, its ears 
measure about one-fourth of an inch more in length. 
In fact, in the present animal, they are longer than 
the head, whereas, in Lepus palustris, they are 
much shorter. The next most important difference 
