. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. 86 VERTEBRATES. and roots of vegetables. Of honey he is exceedingly fond, and, as he is a most expert climber, he scales the loftiest trees in search of it. Fish, too, he delights in, and is often found in quest of them. on the borders of lakes and on the seashore. When these re- sources fail, he will attack small quadrupeds, and even animals of some magnitude. As, indeed, is usual in such cases, the love of flesh in h
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. 86 VERTEBRATES. and roots of vegetables. Of honey he is exceedingly fond, and, as he is a most expert climber, he scales the loftiest trees in search of it. Fish, too, he delights in, and is often found in quest of them. on the borders of lakes and on the seashore. When these re- sources fail, he will attack small quadrupeds, and even animals of some magnitude. As, indeed, is usual in such cases, the love of flesh in him grows with the use of it. The GrRizziiT Bear inhabits the northern part of America: but, unlike the American Black Bear, he is perhaps the most for- midable of all bears in magnitude and ferocity. He averages twice the bulk of the Black Bear, to which, however, he bears some reseifiblance in his slightly elevated forehead, and narrow, flattened, elongated muzzle. His canine teeth are of great size and power. The feet are enormously large; the breadth of the fore foot exceeding nine inches, and the length i£ the hind foot, exclusive of the talons, being eleven inches and three-quarters, and its breadth seven inches. The talons sometimes measure morf. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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