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and Silver Fear, because the true young Black Bear 

 Las no collar, and is not black, but greyish. 



But a very distinct species from all these belongs 

 to South America, and appears to spread from Ca- 

 raccas to Chili ; it is the 



Ursus ornatus, F. Cuv. The Spectacled Bear. 

 This species is a new discovery made in South 

 America. The fur is smooth, black and shining ; 

 the muzzle yellowish, and a semicircle of the same 

 colour, rising from the forehead, nearly encompasses 

 each eye, leaving the orbits themselves black, and 

 there is a light coloured patch on the throat. It is 

 about 3 feet 6 inches in length, and is the hand- 

 somest of the ursine genus. The species is found in 

 the Andes of Chili, but the late Sir R. Ker Porter 

 noticed one slightly different in markings, which 

 was found in the Andes, not far from Caraccas, 

 which indicates an extended habitat along the whole 

 chain of the ridge in South America. 



There remains yet one more species of land bears 

 to be noticed ; one, so remarkable in character, that 

 Mr. Gray has placed it in a distinct sub-genus, 

 which he denominated Danis. It has the muzzle 

 narrowed, lengthened, and flattened ; the canine 

 teeth, and the claws of the fore paws very much 

 developed, and scarcely more than a rudiment for 

 tail ; but these characters, including the great pro- 

 portions of the animal, do not, in our view, amount 

 to more than a specific difference. 



Ursus ferox^ Lewis and Clarke. The Grizzly 

 Bear. Is the Meesheh Musquaw of the Cree Indians, 



