URSUS AMERIC ANUS.— Pallas. 
(Var. Cinnamomum. — Aud. and Bach.) 
Cinnamon Beak. 
PLATE CX XVII. —Male and Female. 
U. Magnitudine formaque U. Ainericani ; supra saturate cinnamomeus, 
naso et pilis ungues vestientibus flavis. 
CHABACTEES. 
Form and size of the common American black bear, of which it is a perma- 
nent variety. Colour, above dark cinnamon brown ; nose and a fringe of hairs 
covering the claws, yellow. 
SYNONYME. 
Cinnamon Bear of the fur traders. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Form and size of the American Black Bear ( TJrsus Americanus). Hair, 
softer and more dense than that of the Black Bear, and under fur finer and 
longer. 
COLOUR. 
Nose, ochreous yellow ; there is an angular yellow spot above each eye ; 
margins of ears, and a narrow band of hairs around all the feet, concealing 
the claws, ochreous yellow ; there is a line of brownish-yellow from the 
shoulder down and along the front leg ; sides and hips, dark yellow ; a 
line around the cheeks from the ear downwards, and a spot and streak 
between the ears, a little darker yellow ; other parts of the body, cinnamon 
brown. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Length from point of nose to root of tail, - 
Height at shoulder, 
Length of tail, 
Feet. Inches. 
- 5 8 
- 3 1 
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