Merriam Two New Bears from Alaska. 79 



Ulis alascensis, but decidedly smaller than Ursus middendorjfi and U. 

 dalli gyas; claws rather short and blue-black, as in Ursus datti gyas. 



Color. June specimens (in left over winter pelage): General color yel 

 lowish brown, darkest on belly and legs the legs much darker than 

 body. In spring and early summer the color is much the same as in 

 Ursus dalli gyas. 



Cranial and dental characters. Skull large and massive; equal to or 

 slightly larger than Ursus horribilis alascensis but much smaller than U. 

 dalli gyas (the male smaller than female of gyas) ; lachrymal large and 

 high, reaching up to maxillary protuberance on inner side of orbit. 

 Teeth similar in general to those of dalli but decidedly smaller; lower 

 sectorial nearly rectangular, the outer side only slightly constricted be 

 tween cusps; heel of last upper molar with only 2 cusps [instead of 3] 

 on inner side. 



Measurements. Type specimen, $ yg. ad: basal length of skull 301; 

 occipito-sphenoid length 82; length of upper molariform series 74; of 

 lower molariform series 70; breadth across upper incisors 44; pm A 15.5 

 x 13; pm* 12 x 8; m^ 23 x 17; m* 34.5 x 18.5; m T 25 x 11; m* 26 x 15; 

 m* 20x14. 5. 



