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■that this Norton Sound form is probably a subspecies, 
[which he proposes to name TJrsus horribilis alascensis. 
Sonora grizzly (Ursus horribilis horriceus, Baird). This 
lis the grizzly of the southern Rocky Mountains, and per- 
haps of the Southwest generally, including Arizona, 
[Northern Mexico and Southern California; though Dr. 
jMerriam thinks that the great grizzly of Southern Cali- 
fornia may be a different subspecies, to be called calif or- 
Inicus. 
I Barren ground bear (Ursus richardsoni, Mayne Reid). 
Irhis is the smallest of the big American bears. It is a 
[perfectly good species, differing from the grizzly and 
Jfrom all the other large bears. 
Dr. Merriam is disposed to place all the black bears in 
the subgenus Euarctos, proposed by Gray in 1864 for 
the common black bear of America. To this group he 
assigns the four species given below: 
Common black bear (Ursus americanus, Pallas), found 
throughout eastern North America, and of course well 
known. 
Louisiana bear (Ursus luteolus, Griffith), which is found 
in the southern United States, especially in Louisiana and 
Texas. This form resembles the Florida bear in the 
great length and narrowness of its skull, but differs in 
other points. It will be remembered that a year or two 
since Dr. Merriam referred to this species a bear described 
in Forest and Stream by Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, and 
by him considered to be the cinnamon bear of Audubon 
curiosity, as 
vicinity. 
that species of 
bird is seldom seen in that 
A. L. L. 
Bird Notes. 
Indian Rock, Me., April 13.— We have only 4ft. of snow 
in the woods and but very little bare ground in open land. 
There are a few sparrows and chip birds. I saw one nut- 
hatch or tomtit about the buildings last evening and this 
morning. He was very tame. I saw one small blackbird 
the 10th; heard a robin yesterday, the 12th; heard sev- 
eral this morning. I think they will find slim feeding. 
Have not heard of any deer being killed since close time, 
and we have not much fear of wolves. Saw only one 
SONORA GRIZZLY (NEW MEXICO). 
U. h. horrimus. 
CALIFORNIA GRIZZLY (MONTEREY). 
U. horribilis. 
SKULLS OF BEARS SEEN IN PROFILE. 
.V V . Ursus dalli, g old. 2. U. middendorffl, g yg. ad. 3. U. sitkensis, S ad. 4. IT. horribilis, g ad. 5. U. richardsoni, gl&d. 6. U. horriceus, g old. 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN GRIZZLY (WYOMING). 
U. horribilis. 
BARREN GROUND BEAR. 
U. richardsoni. 
SKULLS OF BEARS SEEN FROM ABOVE. 
1. Ursus horribilis, g. 2. U. middendorffl, g. 3. U. richardsoni, g. 4. U. horriceus,] g . 5. U. dalli, g. 
and Bachman. The skull of Mr. Brown's specimen, ex- 
amined by Dr. Merriam after his paper had been pub- 
lished, shows that the Philadelphia bear does not resem- 
ble either of the two groups of bears inhabiting the 
United States. Dr. Merriam believes the specimen, whose 
history was a little vague, to have come originally from 
the Ural Mountains of Russia, and to be Ursus cadaver- 
inus. 
The Everglade bear (Ursus floridanus), new species. 
Dr. Merriam has examined several skulls of bears from 
the Everglades and regards the species as a good one. It 
seems to be nearest to the Louisiana bear. 
Glacier bear (Ursus emmonsi, Dall). This species, de- 
scribed by Dr. Dall in 1&95, seems to be known only from 
pelts. The fur is described as being in color like that of 
the silver fox, and, while not very long, is said to be re- 
markably soft. The under surface of the belly is grayish 
white: the claws are small, curved and sharp. 
The reader will be able to get some notion of the differ- 
ences in the skulls of these bears by an examination of 
the accompanying illustrations. 
bluebird last year and none this, but am in hope that they 
will be here. C. J. Richardson. ' 
North wo od , N. Y., April 18. -Editor Forest and 
Stream: Swallows were seen to-day for the first time 
this spring. Will Lovel caught seven fine trout, the only 
ones taken in this vicinity. Fishing is not very good on 
account of high water. Bait Pole. 
A Wild Goose Chase. 
KiUlAK BEAR. 
U. middendorffl 
Bald Eagle in New Jersey. 
Allenwood, N. J., April 23. — A few days since, while 
Will Frazee was hunting near Manasquan River, he shot a 
bald eagle measuring nearly 6ft. from tip to tip of its 
wings. The bird showed fight with a vengeance, as only 
its wing was broken at first shot. The_eagle was quite a 
Wild geese are'fflying northward. That calls up the 
story of Russell Galloway, of Wilcott, N. Y. Last Tues- 
day Galloway, who had been watching the flight of geese, 
thought he saw one in his neighbor's pasture. He gave 
chase with his gun, and after considerable trouble killed 
it and brought it home. In the afternoon his neighbor 
Prindle's bright son came around hunting for his missing 
pet goose and identified the remains as his. Galloway 
paid for the goose. Then another Prindle came over with 
the old gander, claiming it was no good to raise goslings 
with alone. Galloway paid for the gander, and now the 
man on whose land the tragedy occurred is after him for 
violation of the game law in trying to shoot a wild goose 
— Plattsburgh Republican.' 
■ When Sir F. Chantrey caught two salmon in one morn- 
ing, "his sense of self-importance exceeded twentyfold 
that which he felt on the production of any of the master" 
pieces which have immortalized him."— Sir Walter Scott 
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