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 arcticus= Arctic Hare Revised by A. H. Howell, Jour. Mamm., 17:315-332, November 16, 1936. For the taxonomic status of the technical names _arcticus_ and _glacialis_ see Rhoads, Amer. Nat., 30:234-235, March, 1896; Merriam, Science, n. s., 3:564-565, April 10, 1896; Rhoads, Science, n. s., 3:843-845, June 5, 1896; Merriam, Science, n. s., 3:845, June 5, 1896.