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[December. 



" Notices of some Tape-worms." Referred to Drs. Bridges, J. A. 

 Meigs and Hallowell. 



Dr. J. Aitken Meigs presented for publication, a revised edition of the 

 Catalogue of Human Crania in the collection of the late Dr. Samuel 

 George Morton : 



Since the death of Dr. Morton, his magnificent collection of Human Crania, 

 recently increased by the receipt of 40 skulls from various sources, has been 

 permanently deposited in the Museum of the Academy. Prior to his decease, 

 Dr. M. had received about 100 crania, in addition to those mentioned in the third 

 edition of this catalogue. Since 1849, therefore, the collection has been aug- 

 mented by the addition of 140 skulls. 



To complete the catalogue in a uniform manner, these have been carefully 

 numbered and measured in accordance with the methods recorded in the Crania 

 Americana, &c. In a portion of these measurements, I was kindly assisted by 

 our fellow-member, Dr. Thomas J. Turner, of the United States Navy. 



The entire collection, numbering 1007 crania, was purchased by 42 gentle- 

 men, from the executors of Dr. Morton, for the sum of $4000, and by them 

 generously presented to the Academy.* 



The collection occupies 16 cases on the first gallery, on the south side of the 

 lower room of the Museum. For convenience of study and examination, I 

 have grouped it according to Race, Family, Tribe, &c, strictly adhering, however, 

 to the classification of Dr. Morton. It will be seen, also, that the same arrange- 

 ment has been adopted in this edition of the catalogue, so that it is an exact re- 

 presentation of the collection as it stands upon the shelves. While the old 

 numbering has been carefully preserved for the sake of reference to the various 

 published descriptions of Dr. Morton, new numbers have been added to desig- 

 nate the position of any skuli in the natural division or sub-division to which it 

 belongs. 



The crania are distributed as follows : 



*See Proceedings of the Academy, vol. vi. pp. 321, 324. 

 f Dr. Morton used the term Pelasgic too comprehensively. 

 Armenians and Persians should not be placed in this group. 



The Circassians, 



