BEAR. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Six cutting teeth, and two canine, in each jaw. 
Eyes provided with a nictitating membrane. 
Snout lengthened. 
Five toes both before and behind. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Ursus Arctos. U. fiasco nigricans, cauda abrupta. Linrt. Syst. 
Nat. Gmel. 1. p. 100. 
Of a blackish brown colour, with a very short 
tail. 
Ursus niger, cauda unicolore. Briss. Quadr. 
184. 
Common Bear. Sm. Buff. v. 5. p. 1. pi. 103. Penn. Hist. 
Quadr. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 1. Bew. Quadr. p. 201. 
Shaw Gen. Zool. pi. 102. 
The black bear, the brown bear, the gray bear, 
and the white land bear, are all varieties of each 
other, though all naturalists agree that the white 
polar or sea bear is a distinct species. Of the 
several varieties above mentioned the brown bear is 
by far the most common, and is a savage and solitary 
animal, residing in the most unfrequented places. 
