. California fish and game . the grizzlies, even largerthan the great buffalo-killing grizzly foundon the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. Itwas of such a huge size that the weight ofa male is estimated at 1400 pounds. Theheight at the shoulder from flat of foot ofone specimen measured 4 feet. The sole ofthe largest foot, wnthout claws, measured12 inches in length and 8 in breadth. Thelength of an old female taken in TrabucoCanyon near Santa Ana measured 6 feec3 inches. Material collected by the United StatesBureau of Biological Surs-ey made pos-sible this paper, which describes eighty-sixdifferent
. California fish and game . the grizzlies, even largerthan the great buffalo-killing grizzly foundon the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. Itwas of such a huge size that the weight ofa male is estimated at 1400 pounds. Theheight at the shoulder from flat of foot ofone specimen measured 4 feet. The sole ofthe largest foot, wnthout claws, measured12 inches in length and 8 in breadth. Thelength of an old female taken in TrabucoCanyon near Santa Ana measured 6 feec3 inches. Material collected by the United StatesBureau of Biological Surs-ey made pos-sible this paper, which describes eighty-sixdifferent varieties of grizzly and brownbears, a large number of which are newlydescribed varieties. Skins and skulls inthe California Museum of VertebrateZoology at Berkeley were used in th?>studies made by Dr. Merriam. WHEN ARE GREENHEADS MOSTABUNDANT? A recent article by Aldo Tieopold inthe October number of The Condor,entitled Differential Sex Migration ofMallards in New Mexico, brings up themooted question as to whither female. Fig. 9. CanvasiJ:l^K^^ -■:: l^Like Mtrritt, OuKiana, tiie rusi gdiiie leiuge estaDlisned inCalifornia. Photograph by H. C. Bryant, December 27, 1918. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 23
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