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single species, with the type of which most persons are 
familiar. Even during the last twenty years living repre- 
sentatives of the Black Bear group have been found in near- 
ly every state and territory of the United States, and also 
in northern Mexico, Labrador, Province of Quebec, Alberta, 
Assiniboia, British Columbia, Alaska, and the Mackenzie 
River basin. Our collection contains Black Bears repre- 
senting several widely separated localities. 
The Spectacled Bear, (Ursus ornatus) —After ten years of 
constant effort the Zoological Park finally acquired late in 
1910, a fine male specimen of the very rare and little known 
Spectacled Bear of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru. 
This zoological prize was procured for us in Quito, by Mr. 
Edgar Beecher Bronson (Author of ‘‘In Closed Territory,’’) 
and by him presented to the Society. ‘‘Frederico’’ is dis- 
tinguished by a glossy jet-black coat, very small ears, long 
feet and a large imperfect circle of white around each eye, 
with white bands down the cheeks and throat. In size it 
matches a small American black bear. As soon as the new 
bear dens are finished, this animal will be removed from the 
Small-Mammal House to one of them. If this species was 
ever before exhibited in North America, we have never 
heard of it. 
The Andean Black Bear, (Ursus ornatus thomasi), from 
Southern Columbia, South America, is a subspecies of the 
spectacled bear, with no ‘‘spectacles’’ around its eyes, and no 
white markings save under its chin and throat. This speci- 
men is smaller than the one from Quito. Practically nothing 
is known of the habits of these two species. 
The Brown Bear of Europe, (Ursus arctos), is represented 
by two specimens from Central Russia which bear a general 
resemblance to Rocky Mountain grizzlies. This is so striking 
that were they not labeled very few persons would suspect 
their European birth. They have the high shoulders and 
grizzly brown coat of the silver-tip, and in the Rocky 
Mountains would be considered good examples of Ursus 
horribilis. 
This pair has bred four times and reared some very fine 
cubs. 
The Syrian Bear, (Ursus syriacus), is well represented by 
a fine specimen from Trebizond, Asia Minor. This bear is 
of a pale yellow color, with very high shoulders, narrow 
head and smooth pelage. The Syrian bear represents ‘‘the 
bears of the Bible,’’ which appeared in punishment of the 
