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27985. The third left metacarpal, probably belonging to the present 

 (Fig.) species; from the Pleistocene of Copford, Essex. This 



specimen is figured by Brown in the Quart. Journ. GeoL 



Soc. vol. viii. p. 187 (1852). 



Presented by J. Brown, Esq., 1852. 



22031. Numerous teeth; from the Pleistocene of Grays. 



Purchased, 1848. 



, Linn. 1 



Syn. At least for palaeontologies! purposes the following forms must be 

 grouped under this species, viz. : 



Ursus cadavarinus, Eversmann. 

 Ursus cottaris, F. Cuvier. 

 (?) Ursus eversmanni, Gray. 



Ursus falcularis, Reichenbach. 

 Ursus formicarius, Eversmann. 

 Ursus fuscus, Alb. Magnus. 

 Var. a. Ursus isabettinus, Horsfield. 

 Ursus lasiotis, Gray. 

 Ursus piscator, Pucheran. 

 (? Var.) Ursus leuconyx, Severztoff. 

 Ursus longirostris, Schinz. 

 Ursus nif/er, Goldfuss. 

 Ursus norveygicus, F. Cuvier. 

 (?Var.) Ursus pruinosus, Blyth. 



Ursus pyrenaicus, F. Cuvier. 

 Var. b. Ursus syriacus, Ehrenberg. 

 (?) Myrmarctos eversmanni, Gray. 



According to Busk p m. 4 is very small, and the inner posterior 

 cusp generally absent, and if present very small; it is, however, 

 fairly well developed in one recent skull (B.M. No. 218/.). It 

 appears to be almost, if not quite, impossible to distinguish this 

 species by the dentition 2 alone from U. Twrribilis. 



Hob. Europe and Northern Asia. 



40405. Part of the right maxilla and premaxilla, containing the 

 outer incisor, canine, and the last four cheek-teeth. This 

 specimen is of large size ; and is mentioned by Owen in 

 the ' British Fossil Mammals and Birds,' p. 78, on whose 

 authority it is referred to the present species. 



Presented by Sir P. de M. Grey Egerton, Bart., 1867. 



1 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, TO!, i. p. 69 (1766). 



- In the ' Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, TO!, ii. p. 208, the writer has stated 

 that m.2 is as long as the two preceding teeth ; this is, however, by no means 

 invariably the case. 



