ited States (Warden, D.
B., in A statistical, political, and historical account of the
United States of North America ..., 1:233, 1819).

1845. _Lepus borealis_ Schinz, Synopsis Mammalium, 2:286-287. No
type or type locality mentioned. From Virginia and the
Alleghenies.

_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:94, unless otherwise
noted).--Quebec (Anderson, 1947:103): Ottawa River; Megantic County.
Maine: _Greenville_ (Nelson, 1909:95); Sebec Lake (_ibid._); Mt.
Desert Island (Manville, 1942:397). _Massachusetts_: _Concord_;
_Middleboro_. _Rhode Island_: _Washington County_. New York: Locust
Grove. Pennsylvania: type locality. Tennessee: White Rock (Kellogg,
1939:289). Ohio: Ashtabula Co. (Bole and Moulthrop, 1942:174).
Ontario: Holland Riv. (Snyder and Logier, 1930:180).

LEPUS AMERICANUS WASHINGTONII Baird.

1855. _Lepus washingtonii_ Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 7:333, type from Steilacoom, Washington.

1875. _Lepus americanus_ var. _washingtoni_, J. A. Allen, Proc.
Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 18:431, February 17.

_Marginal records_ (Dalquest, 1942:175, unless otherwise
noted).--British Columbia (Nelson, 1909:107): Sumas; Chilliwack.
Washington: _Mt. Vernon_; Lake Kapowsin; White Salmon. Oregon: Drew;
Florence; _Tillamook_. Washington: Sekiu River.

=Lepus othus=

Alaskan Hare

Total length, 565-690; tail, 53-104; hind foot, 147-189; ear from notch
(dry), 75-78. Color brownish in summer; white in winter; but tips of
ears always black. General comparisons indicate that this is the species
which, in Eurasia, bears the name _Lepus timidus_.

LEPUS OTHUS OTHUS Merriam.

1900. _Lepus othus_ Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 2:28,
March 14, type from St. Michael, Norton Sound, Alaska.

_Marginal records._--Alaska (A. H. Howell, 1936:334): Kotzebue
Sound; mts. NW Nulato River; Akiak; 75 mi. below Bethel; thence N
along coast.

LEPUS OTHUS POADROMUS Merriam.

1900. _Lepus poadromus_ Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 2:29,
March 14, type from Stepovak Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska.

1936. _Lepus othus poadromus_, A. H. Howell, Jour. Mamm., 17:334,
November 16.

_Marginal records._--Alaska (A. H. Howell, 1936:335): Nushagak;
Kawatna Bay, Shelikof Strait; _Cold Bay_; _Chignik_; _type
locality_; _Sand Point_; 15 mi. W Pavlof Mtn.

=Lepus arcti