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the lateral bulgings indicative of the position of the frontal eminences 

 were altogether absent, and the forehead instead of being rounded 

 off on each side to the temporal regions, was flattened, or even con- 

 cave above the orbits and eyebrows, the hollowing out of the sides 

 of the forehead, extending upwards as far even as the line of the 

 hair. The middle line of the forehead on the other hand, presented 

 a very different appearance, for it projected forwards forming a sort 

 of beak, narrow below at the root of the nose, but gradually swelling 

 out laterally and becoming more prominent as it approached the line 

 of the hair, the bulging being necessarily more strongly brought 

 out by the concavities on each side, above the eyebrows. Examined 

 from the front, this beak-like bulging had a triangular form, its apex 

 and most receding part being at the nose, its base at the line of the 

 hair. On a profile view the forward projection of the middle of the 

 forehead came out very decidedly, so that this part of the cranium 

 somewhat overlapped the face. The appearance presented by the 

 head when looked at from above, was very characteristic. Between 



Fig. 2.— Owing to the head inclining slightly to one side, a portion of the right 

 eyebrow a is seen. 



the parietal eminences, it possessed a breadth of 5*7 inches, which 

 was the broadest part of the head ; traced backwards to the occiput, 

 its transverse diameter slightly diminished, and the head had a 

 rounded form posteriorly ; traced forwards its transverse diameter 

 diminished much more considerably, and at the middle line of the 

 forehead, corresponding to the beak seen on a front or side view, it 

 came almost to a point. The object it most resembled in form from 



