CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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FIG. 427. 



FIG. 428. 



Ur'sus americci'nus. Black Bear. 



colder latitudes it passes the winter usually in a hollow 

 log, hibernating. It has a habit of sucking its paws even 

 in the summer for hours at a time, with a peculiar 

 grunting noise. 

 The Grizzli/ 

 Sear, so called 

 because of the 

 intermixture in 

 its fur of grayish 

 hairs with black 

 and brown, is 

 the most fero- 

 cious of the 

 North Ameri- 

 c a n carnivora. 



j'r SU8 lior r'ib'i Us. 



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