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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



are the very distinct Malayan bear (U. inalayanus) and the allied 

 spectacled bear (U. ornatus) of the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes, the 

 latter distinguished by the light-coloured rings generally surrounding 

 the eyes, from which it derives its name. 



The most distinct of all the species included in the genus Ursus is 

 the Polar bear (U. maritimus\ so distinct, indeed, that many naturalists 

 consider it ought to form a group by itself. Externally its chief charac- 

 teristics are its white coat, and the presence of a certain amount of 

 hair on the soles of the feet ; both these peculiarities being evidently 

 adaptations to the Arctic habitat of the animal. Very old Polar bears 

 exhibit a tendency to the development of a brownish tinge in the fur. 

 Last of all comes the Indian sloth-bear (Melursus ursinns\ which is so 

 different from the other kinds as to represent a genus by itself. It is 

 too well-known an animal to need description, some of its characteristics 

 being the long and bare snout, the ragged, wiry hair, extensile tongue, 

 small cheek-teeth, and the diminished number of front teeth. 



(a) Skulls. 



Owner. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild. 

 Capt. C. R. K. Radclyffe. 

 Rev. Dr. R. J. Nevin. 

 P. Niedieck. 

 J. Lament. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 

 Capt. C. R. E. Radclyffe. 

 Sir Peter Walker, Bart. 

 Comdr. R. E. R. Benson, R.\. 

 St. George Littledale. 

 S. B. Bennett. 

 Montague Stevens. 



B. H. Shaw-Stewart. 

 Capt. M. M'Xcill. 



C. F. Egerton. 



Owner s measurements. 



