2 Polar Bears _Ursus maritimus_ from Ellesmere Land. 2 Yakutat Bears _Ursus dalli_ “ Alaska. 1 Peninsula Bear _Ursus gyas_ “ Alaska Peninsula. 1 Admiralty Bear _Ursus eulophus_ “ Adm. Is., Alaska. 3 Kadiak Bears _Ursus middendorffi_ “ Kadiak Island. 1 Kobuk Brown Bear Undetermined “ Kobuk River, AL 1 Grizzly Bear _Ursus horribilis_ “ Colorado. 1 “ “ “ “ “ Yukon Terr. 1 “ “ “ “ “ Wyoming. 1 Spectacled Bear _Ursus ornatus_ “ Equador. 1 Andean Black Bear _Ursus ornatus “ Columbia, S. A. thomasi_ 1 Black Bear _Ursus americanus_ “ Pennsylvania. 1 “ “ “ “ “ Virginia. 3 “ “ “ “ “ Alaska. 1 “ “ “ “ “ West Ontario. 1 “ “ “ “ “ Mexico. 1 Cinnamon Bear “ “ “ Colorado. 1 “ “ “ “ “ Wyoming. 1 Syrian Bear _Ursus syriacus_ “ Asiatic Turkey. 3 Brown Bears _Ursus arctos_ “ Central Russia. 2 Hairy-Eared Bears _Ursus piscator_ “ N. W. Mongolia. 1 Himalayan Black _Ursus torquatus_ “ Japan. Bear 1 Japanese Bear _Ursus japonicus_ “ Japan. 1 Sloth Bear _Ursus labiatus_ “ India. 2 Yezo Bears _Ursus ferox_ “ Yezo, Japan. 1 Malay Sun Bear _Ursus malayanus_ “ Borneo. 36 specimens, representing 18 species. The Malay Sun Bear, (_Ursus malayanus_), is the smallest bear in the world, also the ugliest and the most ill-tempered. When fully enraged, it sometimes barks like a dog. Its hair is very short and close, and its head and feet seem to be too large for its body. This species inhabits Borneo, Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and Farther India. Two specimens will be found _in the Small-Mammal House_. THE RACCOON TREE. The Raccoon Tree.—A permanent installation for Raccoons has been established near the southern end of the Bear Dens, where its inmates will be near their plantigrade relatives. At the foot of the steps leading down from the Rocking Stone, a cedar-tree, forty feet in height, has been enclosed by an elliptical iron fence provided with a sheet-metal overhang which is not negotiable by any _Procyon_. Inside the fence is a dry yard, a pool of water for all purposes, and the trunk of the tree is surrounded by a rustic shelter house, divided into ten warm and dry compartments. Underneath the house is a clean and smooth wooden floor, on which the food is served.