214 UPUPA, URSUS. 
U. 
2—2. Upupa. Spec. 10. 
epeps, (hoope.) variegated with blackish and ru- 
fous-white, reddish-white, beneath ; crest pale- 
orange tipped with black; tail black with a 
white bar.. A foot long. 
See MS. P. | : 
4—2. Uranoscorus. Spec. 2. 
scabex, (star-gazer,) back smooth ; head sprink- 
Jed over with minute warts. A foot long. 
Sze MS. P. 
1—3. Ursus. Spec. 10. 
arctos,(common bear,) blackish-brown ; tail short: 
thumb narrower than the after toes. Colour 
varies, even to white. 
maritimus, (white bear, polar bear,) white; tail 
short ; head and neck lengthened ; fur long 
and soft. 
americanus, (american bear,) black; throat and 
cheeks rusty-brown ; ears longer; snout sharp- 
er. 
meles, (badger,) body cinereous above, black be- 
neath; a longitudinal black stripe including 
the eyes and ears ; tail the colour of the body, 
2 feet long. 
lotor, (raccoon,) tail annulate ; a black transverse 
stripe by the eyes. Sleeps by day and goes out 
at night. Destroys. indian corn rapidly in the 
field. | 
fuscus, (wolverene,) tail long; body rusty-brown ; 
snout blackish. | 
gulo, (glutton,) tawny-brown, tail same colour : 
middle of the back black. 
See MS. P. 
