ISO DIVISION I. VKKTK15UAL ANIMALS. — CLASS I. MAMMAilA. 



■\vinns to tlie cartli. and runs to tlie distance of several feet, calling, cluck, 

 cluck, cluck! duriui; \\liicii tiuic lie is said tn lie incapable of seeing, so 

 wrapped up is lie in liis own contemplations, and may be caught even with 

 the hand bv those wIkj are near enough, as the fit lasts only a few moments ; 

 il'unreadv, \\ait for, the next occasion; for, should he advance a step, cx- 

 ce[)t when the bird is iuseusiUe, he will certainly be overheard, and the vic- 

 tim escape. 



"The man I began to speak of, being, early one morning, in pursuit of 

 this bird, heard his song at a short distance, and, as soon as the clucking 

 connncneed, of course advanced as rapidly as he could, and then remained 

 motionless till these particular notes were again sounded. It was quite 

 dusk, the sun not yet having risen ; but the song seemed to come from an 

 open space in the forest, from which the sun was just emerging. lie could 

 not see many yards before him, and only followed the direction of the 

 sound. It so iiappened that, from another point, but at no great di.-tancc, a 

 bear was advancing on the bird, just in the manner of, and with the same 

 steps as, the m;m. The hunter, vhilst standing motionless, thought he per- 

 ceived a dark object on one side of him ; but it did not much engage his 

 attention ; at the usual note, he moved on towards the game, but was sur- 

 jiriscd to see that the black object had also advanced in an equal degree, and 

 now stood on a line with him. Still, he was so eager after the bird, that he 

 could think of nothing else, and approached close to his prey before he per- 

 ceived tiiat a large bear stood within a few feet of him ; in iiict, just as they 

 were about to spring on the bird, they caught sight of one another, and each 

 thought proper to slink back. After having retreated a short distance, the 

 man began to thiidc it would be rather inglorious to yield the prize without a 

 struggle ; and there being now more light, he returned to the spot, when it 

 ajipeared that the bear hud also taken the same resolution, and was actually 

 aihancing o\er the same open space I have mentioned, growling and tear- 

 ing up the grass with her feet. Though the man had only shot in his gun, 

 he fired without hesitation, and innnediately took to his heels and fled, con- 

 ceiving the bear to be close in his rear, and ventured not to pause till he had 

 gained his own habitation. Having armed himself anevv, and taken a com- 

 panion with him, he again repaired to the spot, where he founel the bear 

 lying dead on the ground, some of tlie shots having entered her heart." 



U. C'oUari^:. — .Siberian Bear. This bear is, in I'orm, quite like the 

 brown bear of Europe, and is nearly allied to the last species described. 

 It deri\es its specific name from the large w hite collar which encircles the 

 neck, and extends to the fore part of the shoulders. This animal may, how- 

 ever, be the same as the barren ground bear, mentioned by Professor Iiich- 

 urdson, which inhabits those vast uninhabited and wild regions that lie 



