BLACK TAILED HARE. 
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It is singular that this fine species of Hare should be so rare in the col- 
lections of Europe ; I saw only two, and did not hear of the existence of 
any in the museums which I had not an opportunity of examining. 
Since the Mexican war broke out, several have been sent home by our 
officers. We have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of a fine 
skin from Lieutenant Abert, who also favoured us with some sldns of 
quadrupeds from the vicinity of Santa Fe, which we shall have occasion to 
notice elsewhere, and for which we return him our best thanks. 
This species is called the Jackass Rabbit in Texas, owing to the length of 
its ears. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
This Hare is found as far north as Santa Fe, in the great prairies ; it 
does not, however, occur near the shores of the lower Red River, nor 
near the Gulf of Mexico ; indeed, until we get as far south as about lati- 
tude 30°, from which parallel to the southward it becomes more abundant, 
and may be said to be the common Hare of Mexico. Whether it is found 
beyond the limits of North America we are unable to say, but suppose not, 
as the museums of Europe have been better supplied with South American 
species than with those of our northern portion of the Western hemisphere, 
and as already observed, do not contain more than the two specimens men- 
tioned above, one of which is stated to have been received from Mexico 
and the other from California. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
There is a specimen in the Berlin Museum, labelled Lepus Callotis,WAG- 
LER, described by him in 1832. This specimen corresponds in all essential 
particulars with that which exists in the Zoological Museum of London, de- 
scribed by Bennett. Hence we are obliged to adopt Wagler’s name, he 
having the priority as the first scientific describe!' ; although in our plate 
we adopted Bennett’s name, not supposing the two specimens alike un- 
til our subsequent visit to Berlin. 
