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URSID.E. 



255. Ursus piscator, Puch. Hairy-eared Bear. (Fig. 8.) 

 Hob. North-east Asia. 



a. Presented by W. Scott Stonehewer, Esq., Sept. 14, 1867. 

 Specimen described by Dr. Gray, Ann. IS". H. ser. 3, xx. 

 p. 301, as Ursus lasiotis. See notice by Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1867, p. 817. 



Fig. 8. 



Head of Ursus piscator. 



256. Ursus syriacus, Ehreiib. Syrian Bear. 

 Hab. Western Asia. 



a. Female. Purchased, April 4, 1851. 



6. Male. Presented by E. T. Rogers, Esq., H.B.M.'s Consul 



at Damascus, Sept. 21, 1864. From Syria, 

 c. Female. Presented by W. Kirby Green, Esq., May 29, 1875. 



257. Ursus japonicus, Schleg. Japanese Bear. 

 Hab. Japan. 



a, 1. Females. Purchased, April 1, 1862. Types of Ursus ja 

 ponicus, Sclater, P. Z, S. 1862, pp. 187 & 261, pi. xxxn. 



