174 Procecrlings of (he Biologirrd Soclrty of IVasliington. 
as to which of tlircc iieighhoriiig species was entitled to the 
name. 
1 he specimens in liand pi’ove tliat in several ])arts of the 
Rocky Afonntain rej^-ion of the United States and British 
Colinnhia and in parts of southeastern Alaska, two ])erfect]3^ 
distinct species in some cases three—occupy the same terri¬ 
tory. This is a rather startling announcement hut one con¬ 
cerning which there is not the shadow of a douht. 
The list of persons who have aided me h^^ the loan of material 
is too long for publication in the present connection, hut it is a 
pleasure as well as a duty to express lu}^ appreciation of the 
invaluable assistance rendered by the loan or presentation of 
skins and skulls of Urizzly and Brown Bears utilized in the 
preparation of the following descriptions. The persons who 
have helped me in this way are: Miss Annie M. Alexander, 
C. E. Aiken, Dr. J. A. Allen, Edward F. Ball, II. C. Beggs,’ 
Mrs. C. C. Beggs, John P. Bird, Robert K. Blake, W. C. Brad- 
huiy, Fred K. Burnham, ]\[r. and Mrs. E. S. Cameron, Elton 
Clark, Charles B. Cory, Charles R. Cross, Jr., Howard Eaton, 
J. D. Figgins, Joseph Grinnell, Samuel Henshaw, Dr. Mb 
Holland, Dr. R. Houston, James T. Jardine, Francis Kermode, 
J. H. Kidder, Paul Kleineidam, Prof. S. H. Knight, Frederick 
Lambart, J. I). McGuire, George INIixter, Dr. \\hn. Jason 
IMixtcr, G. Frederick Norton, Prof. C. C. Nutting, .John M. 
I hillips, W arburton Pike, ^\ ilson Potter, George D. Pratt, 
Di. E. I . Richardson, Archibald Rogers, Carl Rungius, Homer 
E. Sargent, Professor W. B. Scott, Charles Sheldon, George 
Shiras, 3d ct 4th, P. A. Taverner, E. R. Warren, A. Bryan 
Williams, W. Wood. 
Ursus alexandrae* sj). nov. 
hjpe Iroin Knsiluf l^ake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Sept. P»0(>. No. 
4io2 d' old, .^tns. Vert. Zook, Univ. Calif. Orig. No. 21 <S. (Sknll, skin 
and skeleton coni])lete.) " ’ 
Characters. Size large; sknll long and narrow with exceptionally 
broad rostrum; i)elage very uniform in color, scarcely or not grizzled. 
Claws enormous (2d foreclaw of type specimen measuring: length from 
upj)er base 91 mm.; height at base 2-0 mm.; l)readth D.omm.). The 
* Named in honor of Miss Annie >[. Alexander of Oakland. California, wliose collec 
tion ot Alaska Hears is second only to that of the Hioloirical Survey and National 
Museum. 
