130 
the subject. But, comparing the horns of O. nahoor in the British 
Museum, sent by Mr. Hodgson from Nepal, with those of the only 
example of the Burrhel in the same collection (being the specimen 
noticed by Mr. Ogilby in P. Z. 8. 1838, p. 79, as obtained by Lieut. 
Thomas Smith near the Barinda Pass, and referred to as belong- 
ing to this species by Mr. Blyth himself, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 68), I 
can see but slight grounds for distinction, as far as the horns go. 
The specimen in question is certainly coloured in an extraordinary 
way, being of a “dark and rich chestnut-brown.” The ordinary 
Burrhel (Ovis nahoor), as may be seen by the fine skins of both 
sexes of this species, obtained by Capt. Townely Parker, now before 
us, is of a light brownish ash-colour, white below, with the breast- 
mark, a stripe on each side, and a stripe down the front of each leg, 
dark chestnut. According to ‘‘ Mountaineer,’ who has given an 
excellent account of the Burrhel and its habits in the ‘ India Sporting 
Review’ (vol. vi. p. 152), these chestnut markings become black in 
fully adult males, and are “ most observable immediately after the 
animal changes his coat, which happens in July.” With reference 
to the Ovis burrhel of Mr. Blyth, “of a dark mahogany colour,” 
the same experienced observer remarks, “ Amongst some hundreds 
I have killed and many thousands I have seen in my excursions I 
have never met with but one variety.” This he describes nearly in 
the same terms as I have mentioned above. , 
The horns of the Ovis polii of Central Asia are sometimes brought 
to this country from the Himalayas; but there is no reason to be- 
lieve that this animal occurs nearer to India than the plateau of 
Pamir. 
2. Nores oN somE YounG Hysrip BEARS BRED IN THE GaAR- 
DENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL Society. By A. D. Barruert. 
In the Bear-pit in the Gardens a male Black Bear of America (Ursus 
americanus) has been kept for a long time with a female of the Eu- 
ropean Brown Bear (Ursus arctos). In the month of May these 
bears were seen to copulate, and on the 3lst of last December the 
female produced three young ones ; which, when born, were naked 
and blind, and about the size of a full-grown rat. 
The mother was seen to carry one of these young ones in her 
mouth a day or two after they were born, and, as it disappeared, it is 
supposed that she devoured it. Probably it was not healthy. The 
other two remained and continued to grow, and at the age of five 
weeks were as large as a commonrabbit. Their eyes began to open 
by this time ; they were covered with a short thick fur, and were 
nearly black. 
On examining these young bears it was found they were male and 
female, and the number and situation of the teats appears somewhat 
remarkable. They have six teats, four of them placed in front be- 
tween the fore legs, and two of them in the lower part of the abdo- 
men. Another singular fact is, that the female during the time she 
