126 POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE, 
SPECTACLED BEAR. 
children who were disrespectful to the prophet Elisha. 
Bears of this species are often trained to dance, and per- 
form various tricks at command, and usually lead very 
miserable lives at the hands of gypsies and other bear 
specialists of nomadic habits. 
The Hairy-Eared Bear, (Ursus piscator), a species very 
rarely seen in captivity, is represented by two fine speci- 
mens from the Altai Mountains, Central Asia. This animal 
is sometimes called, on account of its peculiar light-brown 
color, the Isabella Bear. Its more correct name has been 
bestowed on account of its large and very hairy ears. It 
inhabits northeastern Asia, as far southwestward as the 
Altai Mountains. The fine pair exhibited were presented 
to the Society by Mr. Carl Hagenbeck. 
The Himalayan Black Bear, (Ursus torquatus), is the 
handomest of the four living species of black bears, and 
ean easily be identified anywhere by three distinct char- 
acters, neither of which is possessed by any other black bear. 
They are, a pure white chin, long side-whiskers on the jaws 
and sides of the neck and very large cars. Up to this date 
the geographic range of this very interesting animal has 
been recorded as extending from eastern Persia through 
Beluchistan, Afghanistan, Assam, and South China to For- 
mosa; but the three specimens exhibited were taken in 
northern Japan, where the existence of this species seems to 
be established beyond question. 
