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^.,^,^ ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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Ptiblished by the New York Zoological Society 



May, 1911 



THE SPECTACLED BEAR. 



THERE are two American bear species that 

 are known to science onjy by their skins, 

 and which never have been taken alive. 

 They are the glacier bear, (Ursus ernmonsi), 

 and the inland white bear, (U. kermodei), the 

 former of Alaska, the latter of British Colum- 

 bia. 



In the Old World, the jiarti-colorcd bear of 

 Thibet, (.Eluropus). is equally unknown in cap- 

 tivity. 



On at least three or four occasions, the Spec- 

 tacled Bear. (Ursus ornatus), of the Andes has 

 been exhibited in zoological gardens, for brief 

 periods. During the past fifteen years, which 



liavc embraced many tours of the zoological gar- 

 dens of Europe by American zoologists, we have 

 seen but one specimen, which was in the Amster- 

 dam Garden, in 1903. We have not heard of a 

 specimen having been exhibited in North Amer- 

 ica prior to the arrival of the one now here. 



During the past eleven years our efforts to 

 secure a spectacled bear have been persistent 

 and continuous. Every person bound for South 

 America, and offering to procure for us any 

 animal found in that continent, has been im- 

 portuned to jirocure an Ursus ornatus. After 

 years of waiting, and many disappointments, 

 .\Ir. Edaar Beecher Bronson, autlior of "In 



MALE SPECTACLED BEAR. 



