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brim index for males of 87-9, a little higher than that given in 

 the table, and almost the same as that yielded ])y the 

 measurements of the female pelves. 



If we now compare the Maori and European pelves with 

 regard to these measurements of the brim, we find that the 

 antero-posterior is longer relatively to the transverse in the 

 Maori of both sexes than in the European. M. Verneau 

 gives the brim index in European males as 80, in females as 

 78 ; Professor Turner gives 77 for males and 79 for females 

 as the result of his measurements ; Dr. Garson gives 80 for 

 females ; Sir William Flower, 81 for males, 78 for females ; 

 and, though some anatomists give higher results, those of 

 others — as, for example, Martin, who gives 69 as the brim 

 index of Irish women — arc lower. 



We may safely say, then, that the Maori pelvis, with 

 its index of nearly 88, is narrow compared with the 

 European type, but it falls into the same group if we follow 

 Sir William Turner's classification. He divides pelves into 

 three groups — platypellic, those with a brim index below 90 ; 

 mesatipellic, those whose index is from 90 to 95 ; and dolicho- 

 pellic, those whose index is above 95. Europeans, Chinese, 

 and some savage races, such as American Indians and Fuegians, 

 belong to the first group ; Negroes are found in the second ; 

 while Australians and Andaman Islanders are members of the 

 third. According to my measurements, the Maoris, both male 

 and female, are also platypellic. All the pelves in my series, 

 however, do not belong to this group. Fifteen — seven males 

 and eight females— do so ; but six — three males and three 

 females, are mesatipellic ; and the remaining three females 

 are dolichopellic. Professor Turner's two males are also 

 dolichopellic. 



The de2Jth of the ijelvic cavity, as shown by the pubo- 

 ischiatic diameter, and its relation to the transverse diameter 

 of the brim, are shown in the following table. 



The difference between the average depth in the male and 

 in the female is seen to be 6 -7111111. In a previous table it was 

 shown that the average height of the entire male pelvis 

 exceeds that of the female by 13iiim. The lower height of the 



