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Title: The black bear
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Wright, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1934
Subjects: Black bear
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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x inchessquare. Now and then one sees a star, or a shield,or some other oddly shaped mark, and sometimesinstead of being white these are cream color or a dirtyyellow. Like the grizzly, the individual Black Bear may varyin color according to the season, the age of its coat, andthe weathering that this has undergone. An animalthat is a glossy black in the fall may, by the early sum-mer of the following year, be a rusty black; or one thatis a rich brown when it first emerges from its wintersleep, may be a faded yellow brown when it has shedits fur and only its hair remains in the beginning of thenext summer. But, as far as my observation goes,these changes of color are wholly the result of sunbleach, weathering, and wear and tear. All fur-bearing animals have both fur and hair—the long guard-hair completely covering and protect-ing the fine fur underneath. This is of course true ofthe Black Bear, and it is interesting to note how bothhair and fur are changed each year, yet without ever
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1. Hind foot of a black bear 2. Hind track of a black bear Size, 8X4 inches 3. Hind foot of a grizzly bear 4. Hind track of a grizzly bear Size, 10 X 5J inches Description and Distribution 65 leaving the animal uncovered. About a month afterthe bear comes out of its winter den the fur begins todrop out, first on the legs and belly, and then on theother parts of the body. During this time the animaltakes great satisfaction in scratching itself on stumpsand bushes—straddling them on its walks and return-ing again and again to repeat the operation. Fromthen on the old coat gradually falls out—fur and hair,and at one stage the falling coat hangs in shreds andgives the bear a most wretched and moth-eaten ap-pearance. Meanwhile the new hair is coming in, butnot as yet the new fur, so that by early summer thebear has a new suit of clothes, but no underwear. Asfall approaches the new fur begins to grow. And bythe time the animal is ready to den up for the winter hehas a full new coat. Thi

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