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DAVKM'OKI ACADKMV (>K NATLKAI. SCIENCES. 



pivssiii'c lia\iiii>' IxM'ii (liicctcd moic tci the left <it' tlic median line. 



No. "i . Pi-c's<Mits (latteiiinjj- over tin- Ici't ()ccij)ital rcu-ioi), g-iviii<>' 

 oivatci- lotuiiditv and proniiiH^Kt- to tlic parietal hone of the same 

 side. 



N(i. I). ('raniuni ot a .Mexican Indian taken from the chnrch of 

 .""^an .lose, neai- San .\ntonio. Texas. .•*^n|)eici liary fido-es pi'o- 

 nonnceil ; occipital hone remaikahl y prominent and projectino-. 

 with no presenc<- of del'ormitv hv aitihcial means. 



No. 1(1. .^knll oi' a Mexican assassin. iVom the \icinity of .Mata- 

 moras. Superci liaiv ridu'cs less prominent than nsnally fonnd in 

 .Mexican Indians. No ileformation. 



No. 11. .Nasal emin(Mice lather marked : no d(-formatioii Ix^yond 

 slii>-]it tlattenino- user the snpeiior portion of the occipital hone to 

 the riuht of the median line. 



No. lo. ('raniuni ofadnit .Mexican, female, showinn- slio-jit llat- 

 teninii' o\cr the anteiioi- su])ei-ior apex of the occi|)ital hone and ad- 

 jac(:^nt ])oi'tions of hoth parietals. 



Nos. 14, 1."). Both specnnens were ohtained in a iiiim-d iditf- 

 d\\ id liiiii- sevcial miles noitheast of ( 'amp N'erde, .\. T. ."Several 

 skidetons were Iviiiu' si<le h\- sidi-. hnried undei- the fallen wall, as 

 if death hail occnrreil in defense of the place ; the o-i'i-ati-r poi'tions 

 ol' the |)oilies were destroved h V Hreastlie su i-ron ml iny's jdainly 

 indicated, the cj-ania and few oi' the adjacent portions only heino- 

 preser\ed. 



.No. S. This \civ deformed skull, already noticed. ))reseiits i>-reat 

 occij)ito-parietal flattenini), more to the left of tlie median line than 

 n|)on the opposite side, producinn- remarkahle prominence ol the 

 frontal hone. The measurements, as fai' as could he taken on ac- 

 count of paitial frai-ture in transpoi'tation, aie as follows: 



Ivi-nu'lh. 

 iJrcadtli. - 

 honiiitudiiial ni-cli, 

 ( 'ircuinft^rciicc. 

 index For, inau.. 

 Zy,ii,oiiiatic (liani.. 

 I'^icial anii'lc. 



!•").") nun. FroiUal anli. 



142 •' l^n-ietal arcii, - r 



:!-2:! • , Occipilai :ncli, -ii-i 



4(iO " I>cnutii of Frontal. - lOS 



? hcn.uHi of [\u-iPlal. - 124 



r LcnuHi of()cidi)ital, - l(>;5 



r I Ccplial ic iiiilcx. - IXi.Ul 



The efl'ect upon the cephalic index hy distoition is strikinody 

 illustrated in Nos. O jind I, respectively, \ iz. lOl.iHi and !»."). 4."). 

 To these mav he added aiu)ther, i'rom a i litl'-dwel lina' in .\rizona. 

 havino' an index oi' Kll.ltti. The nund)er ol' crania i"i-om these in- 

 tei'estiiiu' I'coions are \crv limited, and until moie material is ac-^ 



