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The Admiralty Bear, ( Ursus eulophus) , represents a large 

 species originally discovered on Admiralty Island, southern 

 Alaska. Its dark brown 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 

 handsome specimen, named "Engineer," obtained in 

 Meeker, Colorado, by Professor Henry P. Osborn, and pre- 

 sented to the Society by the Engineers' Club of New York 

 City. The color of this individual is darker than the most 

 common type of the Silver-Tip, which is sometimes almost 

 as gray as a badger. 



A very beautiful male Silver-Tip, from Wyoming, is much 

 lighter in color than the Colorado specimen. Its face and 

 head are so light-colored it would be called by Rocky 

 Mountain hunters a "Bald-Faced" Grizzly. A third speci- 

 men was obtained for the Society at White Horse, Yukon 

 Territory, in 1905, and its development will be watched with 

 much interest. Throughout the Rocky Mountain region 

 the "Silver-Tip" and the "Grizzly" are identical; but the 

 color of the species varies considerably. 



In a wild state Grizzly Bears live on berries and fruits of 

 all kinds available, succulent roots, grubs, carrion if it comes 

 handy, and live game if it can be killed. In the cattle- 

 growing states bordering the Rocky Mountains, owing to 

 their cattle-killing propensities, a bounty of from twelve to 

 fifteen dollars per head is paid for their destruction. 



The Black Bear, (Ursus americanus). — Until quite re- 

 cently all black bears in North America were referred to a 



