Abstract
During the summer of 1953 the writer's attention was called to a hitherto unrecorded and for the most part unknown introduction of the cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus probably mearnsi) in western Linn County, Oregon. In the process of investigating this introduction, a second introduction was discovered in Benton County almost directly across the Willamette River, which forms an impassable barrier between the counties from the standpoint of rabbit distribution. Neither of these introductions has been thoroughly investigated. The presence of this rabbit in Linn County was apparently unknown to all but the original sponsors of this introduction. Apparently both introductions were made without the knowledge or consent of state authorities. Through fortunate circumstances it was possible to obtain fairly complete information on the Linn County introduction from a Linn County resident,
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