Mcrridiiv 
Drftrri'jifious of Nov I tears from j\orth America. , 
longest claw ill AVilson I'ottor’s specimen measures 120 mm.; in the male 
killed by Dali DeWeese 110 mm. 
Color. — (Type specinum, very old mail', in Iresh short tall ))ela<;e.) 
pall', almost <>:rayish, brown, becoming yi'llowisb brown between c'ars, 
contrasting with paU' brown of mn/./.le; le^s and find only slightly darken 
than back — entire animal nnnarkably nnicolor; imdindiir plumbeous, 
criidvknl and woolly. Another niak', killoel by Wilson l*ott(‘r ol I bila- 
didpbia in Alay, 1012 (belonuin^ to skull Xo. 181102 I . S. Nat. .Mns., 
Dioloixical Survey Cloll. — prc'semteel by Wilson Dottin’), is pale bully in- 
clinin.ir to li.irbt ‘ ‘ red.lisb In-own ” tbron^diont, without jrri///.ly appear¬ 
ance; leo's only sli^ditly darker. One killed by Dali DeWeese of Canyon 
City, Colorado, Sei't. 7, 1807, is described by him as “grayish-yellow,” 
with U'gs and sides chocolate brown. 
Crmiidl characters.—'^knW large, long, rather narrow, with moderately 
spivading /.ygomata, short llattisb frontal shield, outstanding postorbitals 
(with age); rcrji broad rosirnm, and long and high sagittal crest, k rental 
shield not markedly elevated above plane of rostrum; posterior root of 
/.ygoma not expanded. Canines large and long. 
Shall of male adult compared with male adult henaiensis —the only other 
large bear known to iidiabit Kenai Deninsnla: Basal length, palate, and 
occii)ito-spbenoid e.ssentially same; skull as a whole much narrower, 
frontal shield i nterorbitally and across postorbital processes much 
narrou-er, flatter, more horizontal, not materially elevated above plane 
of rostrum; zygomata much less widely spreading, squamosal part much 
narrower (not expanded); sagittal crest much longer, reaching anteriorly 
<)V(>r posterior K fb' frentals [in kenaiensis ending on nr near fronto¬ 
parietal suture]; i)Osterior third of frontals compressed, rising in a keel 
to sagittal crest; condyle of jaw, and glenoid fossa short (not produced 
outwardly as in kenaiensis). Clanine teeth, both upper and loN\er, but 
especially tbe lower, mneb larger and longer. 
Remarks. —Tbe skull of IJrsus alexandrae is of a generalized type, lack¬ 
ing the special distinctive features that characterize several of its neigb- 
kenaiensis, sheldoni, and others—none of which are (Grizzlies. 
Among the Crizzli('S it stands alone in the great breadth of the rostrum— 
which in bears of its size is only exceeded by tbe widely (hflerent Vrsus 
kenaiensis, wbich can not be classed as a (Wizzly. hrsus alexandrac 
attains to the largest .size known among the (drizzly Bears, the Inggest 
skulls equalling those of the huge Ursus magister of Southern California. 
Ursus eltonclarki * sp. nov. 
Type from near Freslnvater Bay, (diichagof Island, the more northein 
of the Sitka Islamls, Alaska. cJ' adult No. 17!)0(1() C. S. Nat. Mns., 
Ibological Survey Coll. Collected May B), 1912, by Mlton Clark and by 
him presented to Biological Survey. 
Characters. — Size medium or rather small; skull small, long, naiiou, 
and rather low, with Hat frontal shield. Claws of true drizzly type- 
smoothly polished; strongly curved and rather short; longest claw (^n 
^^.ed iiriionor of Elton Clark, of Boston, who killed and presented the type 
specimen. 
