I02 Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America 



aelult not turning in abruptly from the post-orbital processes of the frontals, 

 and the whole frontal region between them elevated and usually convex. 

 Compared with the typical brown bear of Europe, the cheek-arches are 

 less expanded, forming an ellipse rather than almost a circle, and the 

 palate is flatter. 



The grizzly of Norton Sound and the Yukon, which appears to be by 

 no means abundant, is a somewhat larger animal, with the frontal region of 

 the skull narrowed between the sockets ot the eyes, the palate longer, and 

 the ascending branch of the lower jaw higher. Certain minute points 

 of difference are likewise said to be observable between its cheek-teeth and 

 those of the bear from the Central Rockies. 



The Sonoran grizzly, on the other hand, which ranges from the 

 Southern Rocky Mountains into Northern Mexico and California, has 

 the frontal region of the skull flattened and concave between the 

 post-orbital processes. 



In general coloration the grizzly, as its name implies, is some shade of 

 greyish, although there are many individual variations. In this respect it 

 approximates to the Syrian race of the species, of which it may perhaps be 

 regarded as the American representative. 



The largest grizzlies were those formerly found in the Sierra Nevada in 

 Northern California, of which Mount Shasta forms the northern termina- 

 tion. These, however, have been almost or completely exterminated by 

 the shepherds in the greater part of that chain of mountains, on account of 

 the damage they inflicted on the flocks. Dr. Merriam ^ states that 

 although grizzlies were formerly very abundant in the Mount Shasta 

 district, they are now exceedingly rare. A few years ago a huge grizzly, 

 well known to the settlers under the name of " Old Clubfoot," which had 

 been repeatedly shot at, was killed near Goose Nest Mountain, just north 

 of Shasta, and was probably one of the last of his race. Skins pegged out 



1 TVor//' American Fauna, No. i6, p. 107 (1899). 



