1902.] Allen^ A New Bear from the Alaska Peninsula. 143 



agree well with the skull of U. merriami. It seems to indicate 

 a wholly different type of animal, especially in having the 

 skull "much larger, heavier and more massive" than in U. 

 dalli, with the cranium higher and more vaulted, features just 

 the opposite of those presented by U. merriami. Neither does 

 the brief description of the teeth accord well with the denti- 

 tion of U. merriami. (See Plates xxx and xxxi.) 



The locality of Mr. Stone's specimens is Portage Bay, on the 

 Alaska Peninsula, opposite the Shumagin Islands, some 600 

 to 700 miles west of the type locality of Ursus dalli gyas, and 

 in a very different faunal area. 



