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seems most probable, that these are individual varieties, 

 distinguished by different shades of colour. Yet, still we 

 think that this Grisly Bear, which differs so considerably in 

 size and ferocity from the rest, may, at least, until we have 

 more complete information on the subject,be set down, 

 provisionally, as a distinct species. 



These American travellers, from actual observation, and 

 also from the information which they derived from the In- 

 dians, seem to be of opinion that there are two species of the 

 Bear in the New World, distinct from the common Black 

 Bear of America. The first is theWhite or Grisly Bear, under 

 which, they include the pure white, the deep, and the pale 

 grisly red, the grisly dark-brown, and, in short, all those in 

 which, be the ground-colour what it may, the extremities 

 of the hairs have a white or frosty appearance. The se- 

 cond species consists of those individuals, in which the 

 black or reddish-brown is intermixed with a few entire 

 white hairs, or which have a white breast, or are of an 

 uniform bay, brown, or light reddish-brown. Where these 

 two species abound, the common American Bear does not 

 inhabit. The last- mentioned of the two species of Lewis 

 and Clarke, may be referred to those varieties of the Ursus 

 Americanus, mentioned by the Baron, in his " Ossemens 

 Fossiles," and which we have already presented to the 

 reader. 



Major Smith has made two drawings of these animals ; 

 one was from a stuffed specimen at Philadelphia, which was 

 sent from the Missouri country, by Messrs. Lewis and 

 Clarke. The animal was clumsy and compact, and the 

 hairs on the neck and back were tipped with white. Ano- 

 ther is from a specimen brought from Hudson's Bay, 

 which was in the Tower. This last was more slender, and 

 better proportioned than the other, very active, and exceed- 

 ingly fierce. It was three feet, three inches in height, from 

 the shoulder, and appeared to be adult. The teeth of these 



