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the Polar bear ( U. maritimus], so distinct, indeed, that many naturalists 

 think it ought to form a group by itself. Externally its chief charac- 

 teristics are its white coat, and the presence of a certain amount of 

 hair on the soles of the feet ; both these peculiarities being evidently 

 adaptations to the Arctic habitat of the animal. It has been recently 

 stated that very old Polar bears exhibit a tendency to the development 

 of a brownish tinge in the fur. Last of all comes the Indian sloth-bear 

 (Mdursus ursinus], which is so different from the other kinds as to form 

 a genus by itself. It is too well known an animal to need description, 

 some of its characteristics being the long and bare snout, the ragged, 

 wiry hair, extensile tongue, small cheek-teeth, and the diminished 

 number of front teeth. 



(a.) Skulls. 



Owner. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



Rev. Dr. R. J. Nevin. 



H. W. Seton-Karr. 



J. Lament. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



Sir Peter Walker, Bart. 



Comdr. R. E. R. Benson, R.N. 



St. George Littledale. 



S. B. Bennett. 



Montague Stevens. 



B. H. Shaw-Stewart. 

 Capt. M. M'Neill. 



C. F. Egerton. 

 J. L. Scarlett. 



Surgeon- Major M. O'C. Drury. 



A. Ezra. 



Major C. B. Wood. 



J. L. Scarlett. 



C. F. Egerton. 



St. George Littledale. 



W. T. Blanford. 



