314 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



The authors inquire whether this modern exhibition of the 

 Canstadt type can possibly be the result of atavism (the re- 

 appearance of a primitive form among its descendants at 

 long intervals), or a continuous manifestation of a j)ersistent 

 race. The latter they think most probable, and consider it 

 to result from the diffusion of this special race of mankind 

 over a particular region of the world. They are decidedly of 

 the opinion, however, that this form of cranium is not at all 

 incompatible with an intellectual development equal to that 

 of a less exceptional condition, as among its more modern 

 illustrations are individuals distinguished by their intelli- 

 gence, besides numerous historical personages, among whom 

 they cite Kay Lykke, a Dane, who was distinguished in the 

 politics of the seventeenth century, and whose skull is fig- 

 ured in the Ethnica ; Saint-Mansuy, bishoj) of Toul, in the 

 fourth century ; and Robert Bruce, the Scottish hero. 



These facts show how great is the error of attaching to 

 any particular cranial form an absolute idea of intellectual 

 or moral superiority. 6 B^ June 2, 1873, 1313. 



THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE COYOTE TO THE POINTER DOG. 



In a paper upon the prairie-wolf, or coyote, of North Amer- 

 ica, published in the American N'aturalist by Dr. Elliott 

 Cones, a critical inquiry is made into the relationship of this 

 animal with the several species of native dogs, this with spe- 

 cial reference to the theory broached by Jeitelles and others 

 as to the identity of the prairie-wolf with the dog of the 

 bronze period of Europe. He finds the relationship between 

 the coyote and the pointer dog to be very close, this being 

 strengthened by the total absence of curve to the tail in both 

 species. In a table of comparative measurements. Dr. Cones 

 shoAvs that the pointer and coyote differ less in size and pro- 

 portion than many individual coyotes do from each other, and 

 that there is no essential discrepancy in the general 'build. 

 5i>,/w/y, 1873, 387. 



FOSSIL LEMUR IN FRANCE. 



The cranium of a fossil lemur has lately been discover- 

 ed by M. Delfortrie in the deposits of phosphorite, or com- 

 pact phosphate of lime, worked in the department of Lot, in 

 France. 15 A^ August, 1873, 245. 



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