﻿10 
  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  Indices 
  — 
  latitudinal 
  67*0, 
  altitudinal 
  71*6, 
  frontal 
  78-0, 
  Ste- 
  

   phanie 
  90-4. 
  

   DoKchoeeplialic 
  and 
  hypsicephalic. 
  

   Glabella 
  not 
  prominent, 
  No. 
  2 
  of 
  Broca's 
  scale. 
  Inion 
  No. 
  1. 
  

  

  This 
  skull 
  has 
  unfortunately 
  lost 
  all 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  ; 
  but 
  

   nevertheless 
  the 
  conformation 
  of 
  the 
  brain-case 
  is 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  show 
  its 
  

   near 
  relationship 
  to 
  the 
  pure 
  Melanesians 
  of 
  Viti 
  Levu, 
  agreeing 
  very 
  

   closely 
  with 
  the 
  male 
  " 
  Kai 
  Colo 
  " 
  skulls 
  described 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Flower. 
  

   The 
  forehead 
  is 
  slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  his 
  specimens 
  (1U3 
  

   against 
  99 
  millim.), 
  and 
  the 
  altitudinal 
  index 
  is 
  somewhat 
  lower 
  

   (70 
  "5 
  against 
  72*2). 
  Otherwise 
  the 
  present 
  skull 
  agrees 
  with 
  Prof. 
  

   Flower's 
  figures 
  and 
  description. 
  

  

  9. 
  Cranium 
  of 
  Fijian. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Middle-aged. 
  Posterior 
  teeth 
  lost 
  during 
  life. 
  

  

  " 
  Kai 
  Colo, 
  from 
  cave 
  at 
  Livoni, 
  Ovalau, 
  Fiji." 
  — 
  R. 
  W. 
  G. 
  

  

  Length 
  175 
  ; 
  gl. 
  occ. 
  175. 
  Breadth 
  121. 
  Height 
  130. 
  Maxi- 
  

   mum 
  frontal 
  breadth 
  100, 
  minimum 
  83. 
  Horizontal 
  circum- 
  

   ferences 
  — 
  preauricular 
  218, 
  total 
  475. 
  Transverse 
  arcs 
  — 
  frontal 
  

   274, 
  bregmatic 
  281, 
  parietal 
  294, 
  occipital 
  245. 
  Longitudinal 
  

   arcs 
  — 
  frontal 
  123, 
  parietal 
  128, 
  occipital 
  110. 
  Foramen 
  mag- 
  

   num 
  — 
  length 
  32, 
  breadth 
  2(). 
  Basinasal 
  length 
  93. 
  Basi- 
  

   alveolar 
  length 
  95. 
  Bizygomatic 
  breadth 
  117. 
  Height 
  of 
  face 
  

   81, 
  malar 
  19-2, 
  alveolus 
  11. 
  Auriculo-orbital 
  length 
  68. 
  Orbit 
  

   — 
  width 
  30, 
  height 
  32. 
  Nasal 
  height 
  46, 
  width 
  25. 
  

  

  Indices 
  — 
  latitudinal 
  69*1, 
  altitudinal 
  74*3, 
  frontal 
  68'6, 
  Stephanie 
  

   83-0, 
  gnathic 
  102-2, 
  orbital 
  88-9, 
  nasal 
  ^i:-'6. 
  

  

  Dolichocephalic, 
  hypsicephalic, 
  mesognathous 
  ; 
  orbit 
  just 
  below 
  

   megaseme 
  ; 
  and 
  platyrhine. 
  

  

  Glabella 
  low, 
  No. 
  1 
  of 
  Broca's 
  scale. 
  Parietal 
  eminences 
  prominent. 
  

  

  This 
  cranium 
  is 
  interesting 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Kai 
  

   Colos," 
  or 
  pure-blooded 
  mountaineers 
  of 
  Fiji, 
  whose 
  cranial 
  charac- 
  

   ters 
  have 
  been 
  fully 
  worked 
  out 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Flower 
  (J. 
  Anthr. 
  Inst. 
  

   X. 
  p. 
  153: 
  1881). 
  It 
  agrees 
  very 
  closely 
  with 
  the 
  skulls 
  from 
  Viti 
  

   Levu 
  described 
  by 
  that 
  author, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  actual 
  dimensions 
  and 
  

   indices 
  coming 
  within 
  the 
  very 
  narrow 
  limits 
  of 
  variation 
  found 
  by 
  him 
  

   in 
  his 
  five 
  female 
  Kai 
  Colos. 
  The 
  forehead, 
  however, 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  

   narrower 
  than 
  usual, 
  the 
  minimum 
  frontal 
  diameter 
  being, 
  as 
  given 
  

   above, 
  only 
  83 
  millim., 
  with 
  a 
  frontal 
  index 
  of 
  68'6 
  (Broca, 
  Iristr. 
  

   Cran. 
  p. 
  172), 
  while 
  Prof. 
  Flower's 
  five 
  female 
  Kai 
  Colos 
  average 
  

   for 
  these 
  numbers 
  94 
  millim. 
  and 
  77'0 
  p. 
  c, 
  the 
  lowest 
  breadth 
  

   being 
  89 
  millim. 
  and 
  the 
  lowest 
  index 
  75-U. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Kai 
  Colos 
  were 
  the 
  old 
  hill-inhabiting 
  tribes 
  of 
  Fijians, 
  and 
  

   were 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  coast-tribes, 
  with 
  whom 
  they 
  were 
  frequently 
  

   at 
  war. 
  Their 
  power 
  was 
  broken 
  by 
  the 
  renowned 
  Fijian 
  chief 
  

   ' 
  Cacobau,' 
  now 
  dead. 
  Livoni, 
  in 
  Ovalau 
  Island, 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  

   strongholds, 
  where 
  these 
  skulls 
  were 
  found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M'Corkill, 
  a 
  

   settler, 
  who 
  presented 
  them 
  to 
  me."- 
  — 
  R. 
  W. 
  C. 
  

  

  