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entire union of the vomer with the splienoid bone : Of North 

 American Indians— 541, 542, 1054, 1233, 1056, 1052, Miami ; 44, 

 563, 454, 747, Menominee ; 118, 876,40, Lenape; 739, 741,742, 

 644, Mandan; 462, 457, Chinook ; 950, 951, Xarragansett ; 1227, 

 Blackfoot; 897, Mohawk; 1730, Seminole; 91, Columbia R. Ind. ; 

 1214, Ohio Ind.; 461, Chickasaw; 1006, Ottawa; 747, Minitari ; 

 1210, Shawnee ; 1,315 unnamed. Of South American Indians — 

 601, 652, Araucanian. Of Negroes— 1315, Golgon ; 549, 974, 913, 

 967, 968, 648; "Oceanic Negro," 435. Of other races— 573, 

 Kowalitsk; 94, Chinese; 1300, 572, Sandwich Islanders; 1342, 

 Malay; 1244, Hottentot; 1029, Fiji Islanders, and 969, 1263, 563, 

 142, 247, 400, 421, 1338, unnamed. 



The following embrace examples in which the sphenoid bone and 

 the vomer are united, with the exception of a small portion of the 

 vomerine wings and the space between this lifted part, and the flat, 

 small sphenoid body. In essential features the group is the same 

 as the foregoing: Of negroes— 905, 900, 904, 961, 968, 1102, 923, 

 993,909,973, 971, 972, 927, 916, 909; two of the negro group 

 marked 1093, Golah, and 580, Macua. Of North Americau In- 

 dians — 708, Seminole; 954, Narragansett ; 1009, Ottawa. Of 

 other races — 1311, Bengalee; 550, Chinese. 



From among 164 skulls examined complete apposition of the 

 vomer to the sphenoid bone was found in 94 instances. In con- 

 nection with the lack of union between the vomer and the sphe- 

 noid bone may be named the frequent instances in which the parts 

 of the region become hyperostosed. The vomer is often of great 

 thickness at the alse and upper part of the posterior border.' 



The vaginals, as they extend medianly from the vertical plate, 

 are often massive and present a marked contrast to the thin brittle 

 plate commonly found in this situation.'^ 



^944, 746, Minitari ; 744, Blackfoot; 740, 3Iandan ; 977, Araucanian; 

 204, Chinook; 60.5, Sioux; 407, Miami; 115, Lenape; 692, Carib ; 693, 

 Narragansett ; 895, Mohawk. 



297, 960, Negro; 112, Naples, nine years (College of Physicians); 113, 

 Genoa, ibid. 



