76 Merriiim, — Prellinlnary Synojisls of American Bears. 



table of measurements. The Nogales skull is higher with refer- 

 ence to its length and differs in other particulars, as shown in 

 the accompanying illustrations (figs. 13 and 14). 



Fig. 13. — Baird's type of horriirus from the Copper- 

 mines, New Mexico. 



Fig. 14. -Baird's Nogales specimen. 



The huge Grizzly of southern California, wliieh unfortunately 

 is rapidly approaching extinction, differs in some respects from 



the t3'i)ical Sonora Grizzh' 

 and may be entitled to 

 stand as sul)species cal'i- 

 fornicus. It is larger, the 

 skull averages longer, and 

 the teeth are of greater 

 size. I have not been able 

 to compare skins of the 

 two forms, but Prof. Baird 

 states that there are color 

 differences ; that the So- 

 nora animal lacks the 

 stripes of the California 

 bear, and that the ears 



Fig. i5.-California Grizzly from Monterey. ^^-^^\ l.^[\ j^yg both short 



and essentiallv of the same length, while in the California bear the 



