True bear stories . eans agree. Thisis due to their lack of specimens. Thegrizzly is so powerful and unyielding abeast that but few have been captured 226 TEUE BEAE STOEIES. alive. There have not been individualsenough of the species studied to admit oftheir being fully generalized. Differentnaturalists described the grizzly from thesingle specimen that came within theirnotice, and hence their various descriptionsare far apart. It is a fact that hardly twoof the animals taken are exactly alike incolor or habits. In order to definitely settle the question,Prof. Walter E. Bryant, of the Acad-emy
True bear stories . eans agree. Thisis due to their lack of specimens. Thegrizzly is so powerful and unyielding abeast that but few have been captured 226 TEUE BEAE STOEIES. alive. There have not been individualsenough of the species studied to admit oftheir being fully generalized. Differentnaturalists described the grizzly from thesingle specimen that came within theirnotice, and hence their various descriptionsare far apart. It is a fact that hardly twoof the animals taken are exactly alike incolor or habits. In order to definitely settle the question,Prof. Walter E. Bryant, of the Acad-emy of Sciences, was yesterday induced tovisit the bear. He has made the mammalsof the Pacific Coast his study for years, andprobably knows more than anyone elseabout California bears. He examined Monarch very carefully,noted his every point, and then examinedjust as carefully the other bears at thegardens. When he had completed his investiga-tion and stood once more before Monarchscage, he was asked: Well, what is he?. Sloth Bear, Proohllous (or ildursiis) lablatus.— Fage 334. THE BEAE MONAECH. 227 He is a true grizzly bear, answeredProfessor Bryant, and he added, a mightybig one, too. I never before saw one of the animalswith as dark a coat as his, he continued;but that is nothing. The bear is a truegrizzly, and has ail the characteristics ofone. As far as his color is concerned, griz-zlies are of all colors; there is almost asmuch variety in that regard among bearsas among dogs. How do you know it is a grizzly? wasasked. Well, in the first place, the claws on hisforefeet are longer and stronger than thoseof any other species. Then his head islarger than that of other bears, and hismuzzle is longer and heavier. Another andmore distinguishing feature is the heightof his shoulders. Just back of his neck isthe tallest point. From there his backslopes down towards his haunches. Theblack bear, on the other hand, has lowshoulders, and is tallest at a point rather 228 TEUE BEAR STORI
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