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cubs, and a smooth-coated brown bear, the identity of which 

 remains to be proven by its growth. 



Mr. Ferdinand Kaegebehn succeeded in securing for the So- 

 ciety a pair of silvery gray Ursus arctos cubs, direct from Trebi- 

 zond, which by reason of their beauty and good temper are very 

 desirable. 



Mr. Carl Hagenbeck presented to the Society a fine pair of 

 young hairy-eared bears, from northwestern Mongolia (near 

 the geographical center of Asia), which are of much value. A 

 ten-months-old pair of Ursus arctos from Central Russia, ob- 

 tained from Mr. Hagenbeck in exchange, are as much like " sil- 

 ver-tip " grizzlies of that age as one species can possibly resem- 

 ble another. From Mr. Hagenbeck was purchased a pair oi 

 sloth bears from India, and from Captain Golding came i Hima- 

 layan black bear, 2 Japanese bears, and 2 Malayan sun bears. 



It has been our policy to secure young bears and rear them 

 in our own dens, taking great care to avoid the development 

 of bad temper, and also to secure the finest possible growth. 

 In the preservation of ursine temper, much has been gained by 

 strictly prohibiting the feeding of bears by visitors. At present 

 about one-half of our 30 bears are immature, but all save the 

 polars are so good-natured that the keepers enter their dens 

 and drive them to and fro like so many sheep. What is of equal 

 importance, bears that are reared together play with each other 

 instead of fighting. 



The following list of the species and varieties of bears now 

 represented in the Park collection may be of interest : 



BEARS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



January, i, igo2. 



2 Polars, from Nova Zembla Thalarctos maritinnts. 



2 Kadiak, from Alaska Ursus middendorffi. 



Grizzly, from Colorado Ursus horribilis. 



" " Juneau, Alaska Ursus horribilis. 



" " Porcupine, Alaska Ursus horribilis. 



Black Bear, from Maine Ursus americanus. 



" " New York. 



" " Pennsylvania. 



" " Virginia. 



" " Florida. 



" " West Ontario. (Brown variety.) 



