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New York finger-print expert, or of the author of this paper. It 

 is true that one of the most primitive illustrations was found in a 

 native Liberian soldier, but equally primitive cases, both in hands 

 and feet, occur among the students of Smith College. 



In my rather limited collection of peoples generally considered 

 primitive, and including Ainus, Bontoc Igorots, Negritoes, and 

 African Pygmies, I have found no cases that compare for primi- 

 tiveness with those I have figured, which, with a few exceptions, 

 were all of the European-American race. In some cases, if not in 

 all, however, the lack of primitive characters has been un- 

 doubtedly due to the small number of individuals in these exotic 

 cases, although, in the cases of the Japanese and Chinese, I was 

 enabled to consult a sufficient number of cases to bring out 

 unusual cases if there were any. Still, we know as yet too few 

 individuals of any race, even of our own, to draw any sweeping 

 conclusions from them, and it is best to treat the cases here 

 presented as individual rather than racial. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



In my paper of 1916, published in this magazine, I endeavored, 

 as was fitting a relative new subject, to make the bibliography as 

 near complete as possible. Since then, with the added interest in 

 this field, the task of keeping even the titles complete is quite 

 beyond me, and nowhere near as possible as it was nine years ago. 

 Here I may content myself with adding a few of the most recent 

 titles, from the bibliographies in which one may obtain the later 

 literature. 



Bonnevie, Kristine. 



'24 Studies on Papillary Patterns of Human Fingers. Journal of Genetics, 



Vol. XV., No. L., Nov. 1924- 

 Cummins, Harold, and Joseph Sicomo. 



'22 A Case of Hyperdactylism: Bilateral Duplication of the Hallux and First 

 Metatarsal in an Adult Negro. Anat. Rec., Vol. XXIII., No. 3, March 

 1922. 



'23 Plantar Epidermal Configurations in Lower Grade Syndactylism (Zygo- 

 dactyly) of the Second and Third Toes. Anat. Rec., Vol. XXV., No. 

 6, July 1923. 



Cummins, Harold. 



'23 The Configuration of Epidermal Ridges in a Human Acephalic Monster. 

 Anat. Rec., Vol. XXVI., No. i, Aug. 1923. 



