220 UESID^. 



Subvar. e. meridionalis, Middendorff, Sibir. Eeise, p. 74 ; Schrenck, 

 Amurland, p. 13. 

 Hab. Caucasus. 



Subvar. /. polonicus. 



Ours brun de Pologne (premiere variStS), Quvier, Oss. Foss. iv. p. 332, 

 t. 22. f. 3 ; De BlainmOe, OsUogr. t. 7. f. (adult skull). 



Crown of the skull very high, over the condyles, and sloping down 

 rapidly behind and before ; canines very large, lower edge of lower 

 slightly curved. 



Subvar. g. pyrenai<MS. 



Ours brun des Alpes, Buffon, H. N. viii. pp. 24, 86, 61 ; Cuvier, Oss. 



Foss. iv. t. 22. f. 1, 2. 

 Ours brun des Pyr^n^es, Cat: Oss. Foss. iv. p. 332. 

 Ours des Asturies, fosm. (U. aretoa), De Blainv. Ost^ogr. Ursus, t. 3 



(skeleton), t. 7 (skull c?, adult). 

 Ursus arctos, Schreb. t. (from Buffon). 

 Ursus pyrenaicus, F. Cuv. Mamm. Mthogr. xlv. t. (yovmg). 

 Ursus arctos pyrenaicus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 683. 



Hah. Pyrenees. 



Fur of young yellowish ; hairs brown, yeUow-tipped ; head deep 

 yellowish ; feet black. 



Subvar. h. rdger. Pur black-brown. 



Ursus niger, Albeii. Magn, de Anim. lib. xxii. p. 183. 



Ursus arctos niger, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 100. 



Ours noir d'Europe, Daubenton ; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. p. 333, t. 20. 



f. 2-5, t. 21. f. 1, 2, 6-8. 

 Ursus niger, J^. Cuvier ; Fischer, 8yn, Mamm. p. 143; Keys. §■ Blasivs, 



Wirb. Eur. xix. p. 64. 

 Ursus arctos, var., Nilsson, Skand. Fauna. 



Hah. Europe (Daubenton and Cuvier). 



Skulls. 



H ^ ta 



II 





Si 



^' 



S3 a. 



t4 



218 e. Nose above rounded... 



218/. 



218 a. Nose flattened above. . . 



1. 1. 



1 2 



1 2i 



1 "■ 



in. 1. 



13 6 

 13 

 13 4 



in. 1. 



9 8 



8 3 



9 9 



In. 1 



3 6 

 3 



1. 



4 

 3 



3 23 5 



1. 



6 10 



7 

 7 3 



in. 1. 

 2 4 

 2H 

 2 5 



in. 1. 



2 2 

 1 10 



1 11 



Skull of adult from Sweden. Presented by the Earl of Selkirk. 

 — Like former, 218 e, the palate is rather concave ; but the hinder 

 part in front of the inner nostril is flat, and the cavity of the 

 inner nostril contracted, with a thick arched front edge, of nearly 

 the same width as the back one. The lower jaw with a long, regu- 

 larly arched suture. Length of the skull, from the front teeth to 

 the end of the condyle, 13|- inches ; width at back of zygoma 



