NINTH ANNUAL REPORT. 85 



Length of hair on occiput 3.00 in. 



Length of hair on shoulders 4.50 " 



Length of hair on top of back 5.00 " 



Length of hair on top of hind quarters 4.50 " 



Length of hair on median hne of abdomen 4.00 " 



Length of hair in middle of forehead i.oo " 



Length of exposed portion of middle front claw, 



following curve 1.75 " 



Length of rear middle claw, following curve i.oo " 



Length of molar tooth-row. including large pre- 

 molar 2.25 " 



Length of upper incisor tooth-row 1.25 " 



Canines, distance between points 1.70 



Judging by bears that have been weighed and measured in the 

 New York Zoological Park, this animal when alive must have 

 been about 27 inches in shoulder height, and its weight was 

 about 200 poimds. 



A'O. 2. — Adult skin, probably of a male. 



Length, end of nose to root of tail 41.00 in. 



Length across front legs, base to base of claws, 



approximately 34-00 



Height of ear 2.50 



Length, middle front claw, on curve 1.50 



Pelage on shoulders 3-00 



On top of hind quarters 3.00 



The teeth are much worn, indicating the approach of old age. 



No. .?. — Fillcd-out skin of a cub, in first year. 



Length, end of nose to base of tail 22.50 in. 



Length of head, about 7-^^ 



Length of hair on shoulders i-S^ 



Length of hair on middle of back 1.50 



Length of hair on top of hind quarters 1-75 



Length of hair on abdomen I-7.S 



Length of exposed portion of middle front claw, 



following curve ^ .00 



Length of middle hind claw, exposed portion, fol- 



lowmg curve "-^ 



