.^feyrutn} Dt'srnptions of Bears from North Ameri<‘(r. 1V)1 
Di'xcriptum of tijpe speciiaen in fresh fall pelage. — .Muzzle pule hrowii, 
luueh darker around eyirs; top of hea<l yellowish-buH'; l)aek (ri'ayisli- 
l)ro\vu, lu'avily overlaid with pale buHy-j^ray tii).s (color nion* l)ufiy acros.< 
the shoulders, more wbitish-^ray on the hack); hump dark brown, 
small; rump ,o;rizzl(*d grayish and brown, the li»;ht tipped hairs failiu<>; 
posteriorly and on the sides, the dark ))rown fjround color ])assiu”: into 
t)lackish-hrown on thijjhs, legs, feet and tail; forelegs also hlackish-hrown ; 
lips and point ol chin yellowish-hutl', foll(.)wed by area of dark Iwown; 
underneck and underparts generally long liaired and grizzled, the pre¬ 
vailing c.olor yellowish-butt'. (daws long, smooth, and modei'ately 
curved; brownish horn-color streaked with yellowish. I.ongest claw 
• )() mm. from u[)per base to tip (tip worn o(l'). 
(.'ranial cltarachrs. —.\dult male: Skull small; similar in general form 
to horriaeus, hut more wolf like; size of female horriaeus ; rostrum 
strikingly narrow ; frontal shield narrow and only faintly sulcate medi¬ 
ally; temporal imi)ressions not headed [in horriaeus strongly headed] ; 
oecipito-sphenoid length nearly as great as in horriaeus, hut palatal and 
postpalatal lengths much less; ])osterior root of zygoma slender; post- 
orbital processes more slender, less depressed, ami more pointed than in 
horriaeus. Teeth indformly smaller. 
Ursus horriaeus texensis suhsp. nov. 
Tijpe No. dOdyliiS (f old, U. 8. Nat. Mus., Biological Survey Cd^llection. 
Killed in Davis .Mts., Texas, November 2, 18t)0, by (T (). l^dnley and John 
Z. .Means. 
67iarac(ers.—Skull similar to horriaeus in size and general characters, 
hnt lower, flatter, more smoothly rounded, and broader across squamosals ; 
fn.)ntal shield narrower and flatter; postorhital processes more slender ami 
peg-like and more horizontally outstanding; orbital rims less swollen; 
rostrum smaller (shorter and more slender); fronto-nasal region even 
less dished; ])alate somewhat broader between molars, and deeply exca¬ 
vated between last molars (not excavated in horriaeus) •, interpterygoid 
canal shorter; inferior hcjrder of jaw (symphysis to suhangular tul)ercle) 
much longer. Caiunes and molars smaller. 
Ursus navaho sp. nov. 
Ti/pe from near Kt. Defiance (i\rollhausen), probably killed in Cdmsca 
.Mts., northeashu-n Arizona. No. 3500 (skin No. :)57i) V. S. Nat. IMus. 
Characters. — Size small; skull short, broad, ami modei'ately dished. 
Relationship apparently with horriieiis. 
Cranial characters. — (Type s|Ha',imen—a badly damaged old male of 
which only the front [lart with zygomata and lower jaw remain): Skull 
short; zygomata broadly spreading and onthowed, the anterior root mnch 
swollen, posterior root not expanded; frmital shiidd flat, short-pointed; 
postorhital processes peg-like and outstanding; tem[)oral impressions 
lieaded with a fineliead; rostrum short and small; nares rather small 
and nearly vertical; lachrymal duct opening on orbital rim, hut more in 
