Bangs.] 
408 
[Dec. 
Measurements of Ten Adults of Lepus sijlvaticus transitionalis Bangs.' 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Date. • 
Total 
length. 
Tail. 
Hind 
foot. 
Ear 
from 
notch. 
24072i ? ad. 
Liberty Hill, Conn. 
Nov. 6, '94 
431 
52.5 
99 
583 
2409 
,?ad. 
u 
Nov. 29, " 
429 
57 
102 
59 
2410 
(J ad. 
u 
Nov. 29, " 
437 
55 
98 
60.5 
2408 
(Tad. 
.. 
Nov. 6, " 
410 
68.5 
95 
58 
1207 
Vad. 
4. 
Apr. 19, " 
433 
52 
99 
56 
1800 
<?ad. 
Wavland, Mass. 
Oct. 19, " 
412 
56 
95.5 
56 
730 ! $ ad. 
Wareham, " 
July 26, " 
418 
45 
99 
58.5 
2400 , ? ad. 
Nov. 7, •• 
408 
56 
92 
58 
11 (j ad. 
Princeton, " 
Mar. 5, " 
408 
63 
101 
53 
1799 ' ^ ad. 
Plympton, " 
Oct. 16, " 
414 
64 
93 
57 
Measurements of Ten Adults of Lepus si/lvaticus mearnsi Allen. 
No. 
.Se. 
Locality. 
Date. 
Total 
length. 
Tail. 
Hind 
foot. 
Ear. 
2423* 
^ 
Fort Snelling, Minn. 
Mar. 23, '89 
485 
64 
107 
6 
2424 
? 
u 
Apr. 5, '89 
445 
53 
104 

3488 
? 
.. 
" 11, '90 
465 
60 
96 

3489 
? 
« 
" 10, '90 
470 
60 
100 
70 
3494 
S 
" 
Nov. 11, '90 
446 
65 
100 
70 
3501 
^ 
May 14, '90 
— 
62 
102 
68 
3490 
? 
Camp Douglas, Wis. 
Aug. 29, '90 
460 
62 
110 
74 
3491 
i^ 
Sept. 3. '90 
475 
75 
109 
72 
3492 
V 
7, '90 
485 
75 
100 
70 
889* 
J 
Elkhart, Ind. 
Jan. 28, '94 
449 
50.5 
104.5 
58' 
The measurements of the type of floridanus are : " Length 
460, tail to end of hah-s 65 " ; but there must be a mistake about 
the length, as 460 mm. is a greater length than any cotton-tail I 
ever measured except mearnsi, and floridanus is evidently a 
smaller animal than either sylvaticus or transitionalis. A 
topotype in the collection of E. A. and O. Bangs, Xo. 743, is 
unmeasured but agrees in every way with the type. These two 
1 Collection of E. A. and O. Bangs. 
2 Type. 
•'' Measured by <). Bangs. 
■• CoU. Amer. mus. nat. hist. 
'= Coll. E. A. and O. Bangs. 
e Measured by Dr. E. A. Mearns; ear measured from crown. 
7 Measured by O. Bangs; ear measured from notch. 
