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In the 65 females measured, the greatest height is 1681 mm. 

 and the least 1250 mm., with a variation range of 431 mm. and 

 an average of 1454. 



The average male stature of 1584 mm. places the Quichua in 

 Topinard's "low stature" group (below 1600 mm.). The 

 average male is 130 mm. taller than the average female, which 

 is approximately the same difference that exists in the sexes in 

 other races. 



The following table exhibits the average height of the Quichua 

 as obtained bv different observers : — 



Stature 

 Male Female Author 



Quichua 1600 d'Orbigny 



Quichua 1580 1540.5 Chervin 



Quichua 1583 1426 (i) Yale-Nat. Geog. Exp. of 1912 



Quichua 1584 1454 Yale-Nat. Geog. Exp. of 1915 



It is evident that the stature of the Quichua is quite similar 

 to that of the Labrador Eskimo as given by Boas (1575) and 

 by Duckworth (1577), and these constitute the two best-known 

 short stature races on the American continent. 



The average height of a tall race, as the English, is given by 

 Pearson as 1728 mm. 



At the end of the article will be found tables of the various 

 measurements and the indices derived from them as also the 

 seriation tables. 



A perusal of the seriation table of stature shows that 45, or 

 59.3% of the Quichua males belong to Topinard's "low stature" 

 group, while 6, or 7.69c. belong to his "high stature" group, 

 and 28, or 33.1%, to the "medium group." 



The maximum reach or span was not measured for either the 

 male or female Quichua and therefore the relation of span to 

 stature can not be determined. The average span for the male, 

 as determined by the Expedition of 1912, was 1621 mm., and the 



average span-stature index ( ' — jwas 102.3. The index 



'^ ^ ^ stature / ^ 



is therefore nearly the same as in the Mongolian races generally 



and less than in the white races. 



