10 INTRODUCTORY NOTES. 



III. GRIZZLY BEARS. 



6. THE GRIZZLY BEAR: Ursus horribilis 

 Ord. Found in the western parts of North 

 America. 



Under this species are four varieties : the 

 original horribilis, or Rocky Mountain griz 

 zly, from Montana to the Great Basin of 

 Utah; the variety calif ornicus Merriam, 

 the California grizzly, from the Sierra Ne 

 vada; variety horriaeus Baird, the Sonora 

 grizzly, from Arizona and the South; and 

 variety alascensis Merriam, the Alaska 

 grizzly, from Alaska. 



7. THE BARREN GROUND BEAR: Ursus 

 richardsoni Mayne Reid. A kind of grizzly 

 found about Hudson Bay. 



IV. GREAT BROWN BEARS. 



8. THE YAKUTAT BEAR: Ursus dalli 

 Merriam. From about Mount St. Elias. 



9. THE SITKA BEAR: Ursus sitkensis 

 Merriam. From about Sitka. 



10. THE KADIAK BEAR: Ursus midden- 

 dorfi Merriam. From Kadiak and the Pen 

 insula of Alaska. 



These three bears are even larger than 



