THE STORY OF THE BEAR. 



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erally regarded as a species distinct from the brown bear, although there 

 can be no question but that the two are very closely related. The grizzly 

 is generally larger in size, greyer in color, and has shorter and less valuable 

 fur than its European cousin. Some of the brown bears from Northern 

 Asia are probably nearly or quite as large as an average-sized grizzly; while 

 the dil^ference in this respect between brown bears from different districts 

 indicates that mere size cannot be a matter of much im|X)rtance. All the 

 .Vmerican hunters recognize several varieties of greyish bears, respectively 

 known as the "silver-tip," "roach-back." and the "barren-ground" bear, in 



THE MAN-EATING GRIZZLY. 



addition to the typical grizzly. We prefer, however, to adopt the view that 

 there are but two distinct species of North American bears. 



Occasionally, as in the case of the black bear, there may be cinnamon- 

 colored varieties of the grizzly; and it was at one time considered that such 

 yellow-haired bears constituted a distinct species — the so-called cinnamon 

 bear,. but it is now known that such coloration is merely a phase common to 

 each species. A naturalist reports having seen a female grizzly with three 

 cul)S, of which one was almost vellow, a second nearlv black, and the third 



grey. 



The so-called barren-ground bear of Arctic America comes very close to 



