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AETAS. The common name for Negritos. It has been applied more especially 
to those of Cagayan, Isabela, Pampanga, Bulacan, and Bataan. 
AGTAS. Name applied to the Negritos of Isabela. 
AHETAS. Synonym of Aetas. 
AITAS. Synonym of Actas. 
ATTAS. Name applied to the Negritos of Cagayan. 
BALUGAS. Name applied to the Negritos of Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Zam- 
bales, Ilocos Sur, and Tarlac; especially to those of mixed blood. 
BUQUILES. Name applied to the Negritos of Zambales. 
DUMAGAT. Name applied to those of the Pacific coast of northern Luzon. 
DUMAGAS. Synonym of Pumagat. 
DUMANGAS. Synonym of Dumagat. 
ETA. Synonym of Aetas. 
ITAS. Synonym of Aetas. 
PARAMES. Name applied to the Negrito inhabitants of a rancheria in the 
municipality of Baggao, Cagayan. 
HABITAT. 
The Negritos are still numerous in the mountains of Bataan and Zambales 
and in the eastern mountain chain of northern Luzon extending from Cape 
Engafio to Baler. They are found in limited numbers in the mountains of Rizal, 
Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, and Ilokos Norte. A few still remain 
in Nueva Ecija and Abra. : 
There is a considerable area between the Rio Grande de Cagayan and the Ablug 
River in the Province of Cagayan which is populated almost exclusively by 
Negritos. They are also to be found in the former comandancias of Infanta and 
Principe, which now constitute part of the Province of Tayabas. 
DESCRIPTION. | 
The Negritos, generally believed to have been the aborigines of the 
Philippines Islands, are racially distinct fromthe other tribes. 
It is possible that when they have been more carefully studied we shall 
find it is necessary to subdivide them into several tribes. At present, 
next to nothing is known of those inhabiting the great eastern Cordillera 
of northern Luzon, from the latitude of Baler to Cape Engaftio. How- 
ever, the inhabitants of the remaining Negrito settlements in northern 
Luzon are quite well known and are in every way so similar to each other 
that there seems to be no sufficient reason for making any attempt to 
subdivide them. 
The Negritos, as is well known, are as a rule of dwarfish stature, but 
contrary to the usual belief, many of them are well formed. 
Among 77 Zambales Negritos selected at random and measured by Mr. Reed, 
the tallest man measured 5 feet 2 inches, and the tallest woman 4 feet 11 inches. 
The average height of 48 men was 4 feet 9 inches; that of 29 women was 4 feet 
6 inches. The shortest man measured was 4 feet 2 inches high, and the shortest 
woman 4 feet. 
The photographs of an adult man and woman standing beside me, 
which are reproduced in Plate I, figs. 1 and 2, give a good idea of relative 
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