128 POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 



1 Black Bear Ursus americanus from Pennsylvania. 



1 " " " " Virginia. 



3 " " " " " Alaska. 



1 " " " " " West Ontario. 



1 " " " " " Mexico. 



1 Cinnamon Bear " " " Colorado. 



1 " " " " " Wyoming. 



1 Syrian Bear Ursus syriacus " Asiatic Turkey. 



3 Brown Bears Ursus arctos " Central Russia. 



2 Hairy-Eared Bears. ... Ursus piscator " N.W.Mongolia. 



] Himalayan Black Bear . Ursus torquatus " Japan. 



1 Japanese Bear Ursus japonicus " Japan. 



1 Sloth Bear Ursus labiatus " India. 



2 Yezo Bears Ursus ferox " Yezo, Japan. 



1 Malay Sun Bear Ursus raalayanus " Borneo. 



36 specimens, representing 18 species. 



The Malay Sun Bear, (Ursus malayanus) , is the smallest 

 bear in the world, also the ugliest and the most ill-tempered. 

 When fully enraged, it sometimes barks like a dog. Its hair 

 is very short and close, and its head and feet seem to be too 

 large for its body. This species inhabits Borneo, Sumatra, 

 the Malay Peninsula and Farther India. Two specimens will 

 be found in the Small-Mammal House. 



THE RACCOON TREE. 



The Raccoon Tree. — A permanent installation for Rac- 

 coons has been established near the southern end of the 

 Bear Dens, where its inmates will be near their plantigrade 

 relatives. At the foot of the steps leading down from the 

 Rocking Stone, a cedar-tree, forty feet in height, has been 

 enclosed by an elliptical iron fence provided with a sheet- 

 metal overhang which is not negotiable by any Procyon. 

 Inside the fence is a dry yard, a pool of water for all 

 purposes, and the trunk of the tree is surrounded by a 

 rustic shelter house, divided into ten warm and dry com- 

 partments. Underneath the house is a clean and smooth 

 wooden floor, on which the food is served. 



The smooth, horizontal limbs of a cedar-tree are grateful 

 and comforting to a dozing Raccoon, and the tree is not so 

 high that the animals can climb beyond the visual power of 

 the visitor. 



THE BEAVER POND, No. 29. 



Hidden away in the deep valley between high hills of 

 virgin forest lies the Beaver Pond. The spot is so secluded, 



