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and, where fish is abundant, proceeds to the shores for the 

 purpose of catching it. It is only for want of other aliment 

 that it attacks quadrupeds. .The flesh is held in great esteem. 

 There is another Black Bear found in the Cordilleras, with a 

 white throat and muzzle, and large fawn-coloured eye-brows, 

 that unite on the forehead U. ornatus, Fr. Cuv. Mammif. 

 The East Indies also produce several Bears of a black colour, 

 such as the 



U. nicdaianus, Horsf. Java. (The Malay Bear.) Smooth; 

 black ; fawn-coloured muzzle ; a heart-shaped spot of the same 

 colour on the breast. From the Peninsula beyond the Ganges 

 and the islands of the straits of Sunda. It is very injurious to 

 the cocoa nut trees, which it climbs in order to devour their tops 

 and drink the milk of the fruit. 



U. thibetamis, Fr. Cuv. Mammif. (The Thibet Bear.) Black ; 

 the under lip and a large mark in the form of a Y on the breast 

 white ; profile straighter and claws weaker. From the moun- 

 tains in the north of India. 



The most remarkable however of these Bears of India is the 



U. labiatus, Blain.; L' Ours jongleur ^ Fred. Cuv. Mammif.; 

 U. longiroslris, Tied. (The Thick-lipped Bear.) The cartilage 

 of the nose dilated ; the tip of the under lip elongated, both be- 

 ing movable j when old, very thick, bushy hairs round the 

 head. The incisors being easily lost, occasioned it for a long 

 time to be considered as a Sloth.(l) It is black; the muzzle 

 and tips of the paws fawn-coloured or whitish, and a half collar 

 or spot in the form of a Y under the neck and breast. This 

 animal is a favourite with the Indian jugglers on account of its 

 deformity. 



U. maritimus, L.; Cuv. Menag. du Mus., 8vo, p. 68; copied, 

 Schreb. pi. cxli. (The Polar Bear.) This is another species, 

 very distinguishable by its long and flattened head and its white 

 and smooth fur. It pursues Seals and other marine animals. 

 Exaggerated accounts of its ferocity have rendered it highly 

 celebrated. 



Procyon, Storr. 



The Raccoons have three back tuberculous molars, the superior of 

 which are nearly square, and three pointed false molars in front, 

 forming a continuous series to the canines, which are straight and 



(1) It is the Bradypus ursinus of Shaw, and the genus Prochilus, Illig. See 

 Jour, de Phys. of 1792, vol. xl, p. 136. 



