1 / (i Proceed I nr/s of the Biolor/ic(d Societ]/ of Woshi ngfon. 
type spociiu(!ii) from upper l)aHO 70 mm; dark bluish or pIuml)eous horn 
color streaked with whitish or j'ellowish. 
Color, (’olor of type very dark and rich^ Nose pale brown, darken- 
in<> just ill Iront of eyes; face, head, and throat rich dark chocolate 
brown, with j^olden brown wash in front of ears; ears and patch under 
each ear dusky; occiput and neck "riz/ded golden brown; back pale, 
overlaid by bulfy tips; legs and feet varying from blackish brown to 
brownish black. 
( ramal characters .—Skull ot male adult (the ty])e) elongate, narrow; 
zygomata moderately s])rea<ling, outbowed, rounded jiosteriorlj', S(|ua- 
mosal part not vertically expanded; frontal shield in same plane with 
rostrum, narrow, flat or slightly concave, acutelj' rather short-pointed 
posteriorly, the point entering sagittal crest about one-third the distance* 
from fronto-parietal suture to postorbital jirocesses; sagittal crest moderate*, 
reaching a little more* than half way frmn occiput to ])ostf)rbital pro¬ 
cesses; postorbital processe*s rather thick, outstanding; fronto-Jiasal region 
elevated (not dished); imstrum high and sloping gently ui)ward in plane 
of frontals; lachrymal opening within orbit; palate long and narrow; 
postpalatal sht*lf long; postpalatal notch long and narrejw; occipito- 
sphenoid short, about SO mm.; basisjihenoid deei)ly cenicave, without 
trace of median ridge. Lower jaw long. Teeth moderate; canines rather 
long; pnu with im^derately sloping heel slightly upturned at tip, sulcus 
very shallow; nu rather short, with cusplet on inner side of saddle 
posteriorly; uio with anterior moiety decidedly hmger than i)osterior and 
twin cusps of entoconid small and not deeply notched; pm' large and 
broad; m’ broad and rather short; in'" broad in anterior half, then nar¬ 
rowing strongly, the heel obliquely truncate on outer si<le; cusjis rather 
weak. 
bkull of adult temale similar, but much smaller, distinctly dished, 
point of shield lyrate, zygomata more angular. 
Adnlt male eltonclarki {(he tape) compared 'irith adult orf/ilos (Ihr 
tppe): Size essentially same; vault of cranium higher; rostrum and fronto¬ 
nasal region longer and more elevated; postorbital i)rocesses heavier and 
shorter; occiiato-sphenoid much shorter (SO mm. contrasted with IMI); 
mandible more massive. Lanines larger and longer; misliorter; m' and 
m''^ shorter and broader (in'- broader in middle). 
Ursus orgilos sp. nov. 
Ti/pc No. ISOltSO (rather old), V. S. Nat. (Nfus., biological Survey (’oil. 
From F.artlett Itay, east side (dlacier P>ay, southeastern Alaska. August 
'2'2, 1012. A. Ilasselborg. 
Cranial characters.—i^r/.o medium; skull long, rather narrow, low, Hat 
on top, slightly dished. Rostrum normal or rather small; nasasl nearly 
horizontal, slightly decurved (not ujilifted) anteriorly, slightly ascending 
posteriorly into Irontal shield ; shield rather narrow, Hat, concave between 
orbits, acute pointed posteriorly ; postorbital processes long, slender, out¬ 
standing, slightly decurved and recurved (posteriorly); l)raincase long 
and low; squamosal shelves long; zygomata moderately spreading and 
