60 Mr. Gra)/ on th [^vtv, 



The cinnamon, or yellow bear, of Catton*s animals, and the 

 chocolate bear, both of which are alive in the Tower, may, per- 

 haps, be considered as varieties of this species ; but I regret 

 that I am not enabled to verify this fact, as I have never seen 

 either a live specimen or skull of the type of the species, which 

 would have enabled me to speak with more precision, 



II. Those which have long compressed claws, Jit Ud for dig" 



This group contains three sections, all which differ consider- 

 ably from the type of the genus, but the centre one particularly, 

 as may be judged from the fact, that it has ever been placed in 

 a different part of tlie system. 



3. The Great Americcm Bear, which agrees with the other 

 American bears in their general form, but differs from them in its 

 ^puger heels, are very large nearly straight claws, as 



5. Ursus, ferox, Desm. Ursus cinereus, U. horibihs, Ord. 

 The grisly bear of Lewis and Clark's Travels. Danis ferox, nob. 

 This species is very distinct from the two presumed varieties 

 of the other American species, next to which it is placed in the 

 Tower, where it has been kept for 15 years, as is well known 

 to most of the visitors, by the name of Old Martin : it is upwards 

 of seven feet long, and exceedingly strong ; but it is obedient to 

 the keeper, and sits upon its haunches when desired. 



This animal exhibits in a remarkable manner the fastidious- 

 ness of zoological artists. It has been in this country for many 

 years, and most of the animals which surround it in the above- 

 named collection have been published two, and some even three 

 times over, while this has never even been drawn. I cannot 

 find that any figure has been published of it on the Continent, 

 which is not to be wondered at when we consider its habitation. 

 Mr. Say, in his excellent account of the animals collected in Mr. 

 James's interesting Travels to the Rocky Mountains, refers to 

 a figure belonging to that work, which may be in the American 

 edition, but it is certainly not to be found in the English one. 

 This section will form a very distinct subgenus, for which I pro- 

 pose the name of Danis, Clinton considered it to be the recent 

 state of Megalonyx of Jeferson, but Mr. Cuvier has referred the 

 latter animal to his genus Megatherium ; but as it is probable 

 that it will at least form a distinct genus, I cannot use the above 

 expressive name for the recent animal, as it has been preoccu- 

 pied for the fossil one. 



4. The Asiatic Bears, which have very long, extensile, and 

 exceedingly mobile lips, narrow, long, and extensile tongue, very 

 broad |and rathei: depressed heads, and are usually of a dark 

 t)i)Dwn cplour, with a white forked mark upon their chest, as ; 

 oi *1. Prochilus labiatus, nob, Ursus labiatus, Chv, Bra- 



dypus ursinus, Shaw. Prochilus llliger, Me- 



^jttirsus. Mei/er, Chrondorhynchtie, JEiscker. 



