Dr. HoRSFiELD on a Species of Ursus from Nepaul. 333 



they are on both feet covered, and partly concealed at the base, 

 by thick bristly hairs, closely applied and directed forwards. 



The general colour of the hairy covering of the specimen 

 presented to the Society is tawny, or very pale reddish-brown, 

 with an obscure tint of dirty yellow, verging to Isabella. It is 

 almost uniform on every part. On the top of the head, tufts of 

 a lighter colour, almost white, are mixed with the rough curls 

 covering these parts. The under parts of the neck appear to 

 have been of a darker hue ; but the muzzle is scarcely ditierent 

 from the posterior parts of the head. The tail is about an inch 

 long. The relative proportion of the extremities and of the 

 body and neck cannot be ascertained with accuracy ; and as 

 the skin is not sufficiently perfect for being set up, several other 

 characters remain for future inquiry : the chief of these are, 

 the form of the head, the character of the nose and lips, the 

 situation of the eyes, the vibrissa:, and the length and proportion 

 of the ears. 



Our animal is of a habit decidedly different from that of 

 several species of Urstts from the same part of the world, which 

 have recently been added to the systematic Catalogues, namely, 

 the Ursus Tibetanus, the Ursus labiatus, and the Ursus Malay- 

 anus. All these have a jet-black fur, a semilunar mark of a 

 white colour on the breast, and other peculiarities affording 

 types of subgenera, among which Prochilus and Helarctos 

 have been defined. Our animal, on the contrar}^ appears to 

 resemble the European Bears in its structure, as far at least as 

 can be determined from the parts which have been preserved 

 in the specimen. Among these, the claws afford the best means 

 of comparison ; they are small, obtuse, and straight, while those 

 in the Asiatic Bears above-mentioned are large, strongly-curved, 

 acute, and fitted for climbinsi;. 



The colour of our animal appears to be peculiar, and its size 



is 



