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5. That the third form, in which the occiput is full and rounded, or 

 globular, comprises the Danes, Finns, Esthonians ; the short-headed Germans, 

 whose crania, in general conformation, occupy a place between those of the 

 Swedes and Finns ; the Dutch, some tribes of the ancient Britons ; the Sclaves, 

 Turks, Greeks, Romans, Etruscans, Persians, ancient Assyrians, some of the 

 Egyptians, Hebrews, Copts, Hindoos ; some of the Chinese, Japanese, Bur- 

 mese, Malays ; the Kalmucks, Burats, and some of the Kanakas. To this 

 group belong, of the American Indians, the Ottigamies, Penobscots, Winne- 

 bagos, Yamasees, Chemasyans, Euchees, Nanticokes, Pocassets, Quinni- 

 piacks, or Mohegans, and a portion of the Cheyennes, Creeks, Dacotas, 

 Iroquois, Narragansetts, Pawnees, Pottawatomies, Sauks, Seminoles, Arauca- 

 nians, Peruvians, and Mound Builders. 



6. That the shelving or oval form of the occiput is most common in the 

 dolichokephalic heads, and as these predominate in number over the brachy- 

 kephalic, it is the most common form of all. Next comes the round or 

 globular, and lastly the vertically flat both these forms prevailing in the 

 brachykephalse. 



7. That there is a marked tendency of these forms to graduate into each 

 other, more or less insensibly. None of these forms can be said to belong 

 exclusively to any race or tribe. None of them, therefore, can be regarded as 

 strictly typical, for, a character or form, to be truly typical, should be ex- 

 clusive and constant. 



Dr. Fisher announced the death of A. M. C. Dumeril, a correspon- 

 dent of the Academy, at Paris. 



October 2nd. 



Mr. Lea, President, in the Chair. 



Forty members present. 



The following papers were presented for publication : 



" Descriptions of New Corals in the Museum of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, by G-eorge H. Horn." 



" The Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, Capts. 

 Ringgold and Rodgers, mostly collected by William Stimpson, by 

 Edward Hallowell, M. D., edited by Edsvard D. Cope." 



"Systematic Catalogue, with Synonymy, &c, of Jurassic, Cretaceous 

 and Tertiary Fossils, collected in Nebraska, by the Exploring Expedi- 

 tions under the command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, of the U. S. Topog. 

 Engineers, by F. B. Meek and F. V. Hayden, M. D. 



" Catalogue of Carboniferous Plants in the Museum of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, with corrections in synonymy, descriptions of new 

 species, &c, by Horatio C. Wood, Jr." 



" New Unionidae of the United States and Northern Mexico, by 

 Isaac Lea." 



And were referred to Committees. 



Mr. Cassin offered the following resolutions, which were adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Academy be presented to Mrs. Peter A. 

 Browne, for the interesting and valuable collection of tke hair of man, and of 

 inferior animals, made by her late husband, an esteemed member of this 

 Academy, and presented by her this evening. 



Resolved, That the right of giving orders for admission, and of endorsing 

 tickets of admission to the Museum of this Academy on public days, be 



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