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PENINSULA BEAR. 
young Alaskan Brown Bears which for some time we be- 
lieved would prove to represent the species found on Kadiak 
Island. In this belief they were for a time labeled as Ka- 
diak Bears, (U. middendorfi), and so entered provisionally 
in previous editions of the Guide Book. The maturity of 
the animals has proven that this supposition was erroneous. 
The extremely short and thick muzzle of the adult male 
proves conclusively that they are not identical with the 
long-skulled species of Kadiak. This interesting pair, ab- 
solutely identical in color with middendorfi, are now iden- 
tified, pending further revisions of our Urisdae, as Ursus 
dalli. 
This species, and the two following, well represent the 
group of big Alaskan Brown Bears, which are quite distinct 
from the grizzlies and blacks. They are characterized by 
their great size, high shoulders, massive heads, shaggy brown 
pelage, and large claws. They live chiefly upon salmon, 
which they catch from the small streams, but they also 
devour great quantities of grass. 
The Peninsula Bear, (Ursus gyas), of Moeller Bay, well 
down the Alaskan Peninsula, may at once be recognized 
by its light brownish-yellow color, and its great size for a 
bear born in 1904. Its claws are of enormous thickness. 
This animal is now beyond doubt one of the two largest 
bears in captivity, his only rival being in the Zoological Park 
at Washington, ; : 
