46 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. 



distributed from the vicinity of the British line at Portland 

 Canal, northward along the coast, and along the length of 

 the Alaska Peninsula, and are found on Unimak Island, but 

 do not extend farther westward than this island. In the 

 south-east they do not occur on Prince of Wales Island, but 

 are abundant on Baranof, Admiralty, and Chichagof Islands. 

 They are also found on Kodiak Island and the neighbouring 

 smaller islands. They extend along the Bering Sea coast 

 for some distance northward, but exactly how far is not yet 

 definitely known. In the interior they probably range at 

 least to the Yukon River, but very few specimens have as 

 yet been brought from that region. 



The various different forms of brown bear which have 

 been named and recognised are of the nature of subdivisions 

 of the one group to which they all belong. 



The following short list will give the distribution of the 

 various sub-species as they are known to-day : — 



Ursus sitkeiisis occupies the south-east coast and part 

 of the islands of the Alexander Archipelago. 



Urstts dalli is found on the coast at Yakutat Bay, and 

 doubtless somewhat farther north. 



Urstis dalli gyas inhabits the Alaska Peninsula, and 

 probably extends on down the coast to merge with the true 

 d.illi. 



Ursus midd.ndorffi is found on Kodiak Island, and the 

 smaller islands immediately surrounding it. 



Ursus kidderi frequents the same localities as U. dalli 

 gyas on the Alaska Peninsula, and, so far as known at 

 present, does not differ from it in colour, but only in the size 

 of its teeth and certain cranial peculiarities. 



As regards the measurements and weights of these great 

 bears, the wildest yarns have been circulated. 



