69 [White. 



the Bay of Paita and vicinity, and some insects taken during 

 a journey fi'om the borders of Ecuador to Quito, together 

 with an annelid taken at the height of seven to eight thou- 

 sand feet, and two small frogs found at the height of nine 

 thousand feet above the sea. 



With regard to the stone implements found in the mounds in 

 California, Dr. Winslow stated that he had been infonned that 

 it was the invariable custom of the Indians to break them 

 when burying the dead. Both of these were broken, but he 

 was rather inclined to think that in one there was a fresh frac- 

 ture. The mounds at Stockton resembled in character those 

 found in South America, north of Pachacamac, which, with 

 those about it, were square structures built of adobes. 



Dr. J. C. White remarked that these skulls were very inter- 

 esting, since the discovery of burial mounds in C^difomia was 

 new, or had never been noticed by Ethnologists, and the skulls 

 themselves, though of undoubted Indian character, were not 

 like those of the Atlantic States or any he had ever seen. He 

 read the following 



Description of two Human Skulls recently brought from 

 Stockton, California, and presented to the Society by 

 Dr. C. F. Winslow. 



They were obtained from a large burial mound at that place, which 

 contained, beside these specimens, the bones of many other individ- 

 uals and broken stone ware. The existence of burial mounds at this 

 latitude upon the Pacific coast has never before been observed. One 

 of the crania (Xo. 1054 department catalogue) was in a perfect con- 

 dition with the exception of the loss of a few teeth, and was evi- 

 dently of the male sex. A superficial examination revealed very 

 remarkable points, and gave the impression of an exceedingly low 

 type of development. The superciliary ridges are very strongly 

 marked, and form, at the median line, a prominence which projects 

 boldly above the nasal bones. The frontal region is very narrow and 

 extremely low, and the zygomatic arches so prominent as to allow 

 half an inch of the temporal fossae to be seen when the skull is held 

 at arm's length. The parietal regions are widely separated and bulg- 

 ing, and the contour, seen from above, strikingly resembles a jug, 

 (Fig. 2) the strongly developed zygomatic arches furnishing the sem- 

 blance of handles. The occiput is broad and rounded. 



The face is massive and decidedly prognathous. The nasal bones 



