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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. middcndorffi), 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 iniddendorffi, are now iden- 

 tified, pending further revisions of our Ursidae, 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 merriaini), of Moeller Bay, 

 well down the Alaskan Peninsiila, may at once be recognized 

 by its light brownish-yellow color, and its great size for a 

 bear born in 190-1. Its claws are of enormous thickness. 

 If it continues to increase in size to the limit of its growing 

 age, it will develop into a very large animal. 



The Admiralty Bear, {Ursus culophus), represents a large 

 species originally discovered on Admiralty I.sland, southern 

 Alaska. Its dark browni color is very much like that of the 

 Yakutat and Kadiak bears. 



The Grizzly Bear, or "Silver-Tip Grizzly" (Ursus horri- 

 bilis). — The rapid disappearance of this species from the 

 United States renders all living examples of it specially 

 interesting. 



Of all bears, the Silver-Tip Grizzly is the most savage and 

 dangerous. He is easily angered, and when wounded or 

 harried not only becomes furiously vindictive, but he also 

 possesses a degree of courage which renders him a danger- 

 ous antagonist. As a general thing, a Grizzly Bear, like a 

 lion or tiger, will run as soon as he discovers the presence of 

 his only enemy — man ; but if he is wounded or cornered — 

 or thinks he is cornered — he assumes the aggressive, without 

 an instant's delay. Unfortunately, the largest Silver-Tip 

 Grizzlies ever killed have been too far from scales to make 

 it possible to weigh them. 



The most interesting specimen of the Rocky Mountain 

 Silver-Tip now on exhibition is a dark-colored and very 



