EXPLANATORY NOTE. 



Siace the death of the late lamented President of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Dr. Samuel George Morton, his magnificent Col- 

 lection of Human Crania, recently increased by the receipt of 67 skulls 

 from various sources, has been permanently deposited in the Museum of 

 the Academy. Prior to his demise. Dr. M. had received 100 crania in 

 addition to those mentioned in the third edition of his Catalogue. Since 

 1849, therefore, the Collection has been augmented by the addition of 167 

 skulls. To complete the Catalogue in a uniform manner, these have been 

 carefully numbered and measured in accordance with the methods re- 

 corded in the Crania Americana, &c. In a portion of these measurements 

 I was kindly assisted by our fellow-member, Dr. Thos. J. Turner of the 

 United States Navy. 



The entire Collection, numbering 1035 crania, was purchased by 

 forty-two gentlemen* from the executors of Dr. Morton, for the sum of 

 $4,000, 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 exam- 

 ination I have grouped the crania according to Eace, Family, Tribe, &c., 

 strictly adhering, however, to the classification of Dr. Morton. It will 

 be seen, also, that the same arrangement has been adopted in this edition 

 of the Catalogue, so that it is an exact representation 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 designate the position 

 of any skull in the natural division or subdivision to which it belongs. 



The Suevic, Cimbric and Scandinavian divisions of the great Teutonic 

 Race, are represented by 32 crania and 3 casts, distributed as follows : 



*Their names are as follows: Charles Henry Fisher, Thomas Biddle, Henry J, 

 Williams, Charles D. Meigs, Thomas T. Lea, John Farnum, John A. Brown, William 

 Welsh, Richard Price, Morris L. Hallowell, Joseph D. Brown, William Piatt, Joseph 

 Swift, Singleton A. Mercer. A. J.Lewis Geo.W. Carpenter, Geo. B. v ood, J. Francis 

 Fisher, David S.Brown, John B. Meyers, Lewis R. Ashhurst, Caleb Cope, Richard D. 

 Wood, Samuel V. Merrick, James Dundas, J. Pemberton Hutchinson, Henry Pepper, John 

 Cooke, John Lambert, Robert Pearsall, Joseph S. Lovering, J. G. Fell. Caspar W. Pen- 

 nock, John Grigg Joseph Jeanes, Thomas P. Remington, John Price Wethcrill, Henry 

 Seybert. Thomas McEwen, Robert Swift, Jacob G. Morris, and Wm. S. Vaux. {.See 

 Proceedings of the Academy, Vol. VI. pp- 321, 324, 



