102 A HAND-BOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 



Before they were three days in the garden, a pair of grizzly bears 

 began damaging the roof of the sleeping chamber of their new habita- 

 tion, so that it had to be raised and other incidental alterations made. 

 These bears also must have plenty of water during the hot weather. 



Food. — Grizzly bears have never appeared to be fond of animal 

 food, their large canines notwithstanding. Their ordinary food consists 

 of boiled rice, sugar, biscuits, and vegetables, besides which they 

 consume a large quantity of fresh grass daily. 



Transport. — This may be managed as in the case of a brown bear. 



Treatment in sickness. 

 Both the specimens died somewhat suddenly. No autopsy was 

 held in the case of the female ; in that of the male, which died much 

 later, the symptoms supported the conclusion that it had died from 

 convulsions. 



Observations on the habits of a Grizzly Bear. 



A grizzly bear resembles the other species in manners and habits. 

 The male bear exhibited in the garden was rather mischievous, as 

 already mentioned. It would raise itself on its hind legs on the wooden 

 platform to get at the roof, and, not content with simply scraping off 

 the plaster, it would try to pull down the bricks also with its long, 

 sharp claws. On one occasion it managed to escape by bending one 

 of the wrought-iron rods forming the enclosure of the passage leading 

 into the sleeping room. Though mischievously inclined it was neither 

 savage or ill-tempered, so that, having got out, its next anxiety was 

 how to return. Having moved a little way from the opening it had 

 difficulty to rediscover it, and to do so it appeared to make more use 

 of its sense of smell than of sight. These bears only became somewhat 

 noisy at the approach of feeding-time. 



An excellent account of the habits of this species in a wild state 

 will be found in Eichardson's Zoology of the Northern Parts of British 

 America. 



(108) THE HIMALAYAN BEAR. 



(UESUS TORQUATUS— Wagner.) 

 Hindi — Bhalu. Bengali — Bhaluk. 

 The size of these animals varies considerably. A specimen, over 

 9 years old, from Mergui, at present living in the collection, does 

 not exoeed 3 feet in length from nose to seat. The largest Hima- 

 layan bear living in the garden measures over 7 feet 6 inches. The colour 

 of this species is black throughout, excepting the white horse-shoe 

 mark on the chest; the fur is very smooth, sleek, and abundant, 

 especially during the winter : the tufts of longish hair on the shoulders, 

 giving the appearance of a hump, are not so conspicuous in this species 

 as in the brown bear. In young individuals the forehead and nose 

 are sometimes grey, and the general colour also varies a great deal. In 

 some individuals there is a large patch of white under the chin, while 

 in others none or very little. 



