BROWN BEAR.—BLACK BEAR. 201 
should imply, in the American Brown Bear, 
the mildest disposition of the three ; and it 
is asserted, that even the Black Bear of 
America is of a milder disposition, and lives 
more upon vegetable food, than the Black 
Bear of Europe; and I am happy to add, 
that it is identically a specimen of this Ame- 
rican ‘ Little Black Bear,’ which is your 
favourite in this Garden, and who is gene- 
rally thought to lose his share of presents of 
cakes and fruits, through the smallness of his 
size, but still more through the gentleness of 
his manners; upon which account, I could 
wish him separated from his stronger and 
less diffident companions.* The European 
Brown Bear, which is one of its companions, 
was brought from Russia by the Marquis of 
Hertford, by whom it was presented to the 
Society ; and the ‘ Large American Bear,’ 
(so called in the Garden List,) a feeder, like 
the rest, upon vegetables, is what I take to 
* Some accounts of the Zoological Garden erro- 
neously describe this Bear as the “ Rugged Russian 
Bear,” next referred to above. 
+ Ursus (Arctos?) Americanus (Fauna Boreali- 
Americana ;) or Common American Brown Bear. 
