The dimensions of this individual were as
Feet. Inches.
Length, from the muzzle to the root of the tail 5 2
- „ of tail . . . . 0 6
Height from the sole of the fore-foot to the
top of the shoulder . , , . 2 9
t „ of hind-quarters . . . . 2 6
Length of muzzle from the nostrils to the anterior
angle of the eye , , 0 6 I
follows *:
Feet. Inches.
Length from anterior angle of the eye to the
centre of the auditory opening . 0 10
Distance from the tip of one ear to the tip
of the other , . . 0 10
Breadth of fore-foot, which was nearly circular
. . . . 0 6
Length of the sole of the hind-foot , 0 10
[10.] 3. U rsus ferox, (Lewis and Clark.) Grisly Bear.
Grizzle Bear. Um freville’s Hudson's Bay, p. 168. An. 1790.
Grisly Bear. Mackenzie’s Voyage§ #c., p. 160. An. 1801.
White, or brown-gray Bear. Gass’ Journal of Lewis and Clark's Expedition, pp. 45, 116, 346. ^»,1808.
Grisly, brown, white, and variegated Bear, (Ursus ferox) Lewis and Clark’s Voyages, |§ 1 vol. i. pp. 284, 293, 343
375 ; vol. iii.p p .25, 268. Anno 1814. Clinton, Trans. Philos, and Liter. Hew York, vol. i.pp.56, 114*.
An. 1815.
Grizzly Bear. Warden’s United States,vol. i. p. 197. An. 1819.
Grey Bear. Harmon’s Journey, p. 417. An, 1820,
Ursus Cinereus. Desmarest’s Mammal. No. 253.' An. 1820.
tJrsus horribilis. Say, Lang's Expedition, vol. ii. p. 244, note 34. An. 1822.1
Ursus Candescens. Hamilton Smith, Griffith's An. Kingdom, vol. ii. p. 229, and vol. v. No. 320. An. 1826.
Grizzly Bear. Godman'S Hat. Hist., vol. i. p. 131- An. 1826.
Meesheh musquaw. Cree I ndians.
Hohhost. Chopunnish I ndians (Lewis and Clark).
. PLATE I.
This animal has long been known to the Indians and fur traders as a distinct
species, inferior to all the varieties of the Black Bear in the quality of its fur, and
distinguished by its great strength and ferocity, its carnivorous disposition, the
length of its claws, the breadth and length of its soles, and the shortness of its tail.
It has attracted the attention of almost all travellers who have passed through the
districts it inhabits, and is mentioned in several of the earlier French writers on
America under the title of Ours blanc, not that it is ever seen of a white colour like
the Polar Bear, but because the Canadian Coureurs des bois who were, and who
remain to this day, almost the only interpreters of the Indian languages, translated
* ^ Baron Cuvier describes the Ursus Arctos, or Brown Bear of Europe, as having the upper part of its cranium arched
longitudinally and rounded laterally; the forehead and occiput forming parts of the same curve, and there being no
well-defined line of separation between the forehead, the middle portion of the parietal bones, and the temporal fosses.
The sagittal suture beginning to be sensibly marked very near the occipital bones, and the nasal bones to be set in rather
obliquely to the rounded forehead, producing the appearance of a depression at the root of the nose. The sole of the
hind-foot is of moderate length.—Ossemens Fossiles.
Published, by J'ofirv H urray Pa.n.zuary 18'.