232 The Mammals of Colorado 
we saw in the moonlight the old bear stand up on her hind 
legs, with the cubs about her, look about a moment and 
then down on all fours, and they all walked off. 
Of course everybody was w^aked, and the married folks, 
not having seen the bears the night before, had left a request 
at the office for a call in case of another visit. So when 
some one yelled "Bear!" the lady's voice asked "Where?" 
and echo answered "There! " 
Another bear or two paid us a visit in the night but were 
easily scared away. One bear paid a visit to the man who 
was sleeping by himself and poked its nose under the blankets, 
but desisted at the request to "Get out of there!" Bill said 
he was not going to let a little thing like a bear bother him, 
so went to sleep again. One bear came around during the 
day when everybody was away, but the lady and little boy 
happened to come back and he left before any harm was 
done. 
W. H. Wright, in The Grizzly Bear, says that he found 
the bears in the Park as wild and suspicious as anywhere 
else, except in the immediate neighborhood of the dumps. 
Going to and coming from the dumps they were very cautious, 
as he found when trying to photograph them. We saw none 
of the animals away from the camps, though we did see 
signs. 
Ursus americanus. Black Bear 
Ursus americanus Pallas, Spicilcgia Zodlogica, fasc, xiv., p. 5 
(1780). 
Type locality. — Eastern North America. 
Measurements. — I have no reliable measurements of this species 
at hand. 
Description. — There are two color phases, one all black, with the 
nose tan color, the other cinnamon, or brown. These seem to occur 
irrespective of locality, and cubs of both colors have been known 
to have been born to one mother in the same litter. 
Distribution. — Forest-covered parts of North America north of the 
