612 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION^ 1910. 



Macedonian Slavs feel and proclaim themselves to be Bulgarians, 

 and also that the dialects of the people are nearer the Bulgarian lan- 

 guage than the Servian, with the exception of the northern part of 

 the region, which in turn is more Servian. 



CONCLUDING REMARKS. 



The Slavs are of central European origin and of the same descent 

 as other Indo-European or Aryan whites, though in some regions 

 they have in the course of time become mixed with other elements. 



The total number of Slavs at the close of the year 1910 may be 

 estimated at about 156,000,000 to 157,000,000. In this number the 

 Russians are represented by nearly 70 per cent, the Poles by 13 per 

 cent, the Bohemians and Slovaks by a little over 7 per cent, the Ser- 

 vians and Croatians by a little less than 7 per cent, the Bulgarians 

 by about 3.7 per cent, the Slovenians by a little over 1 per cent, and 

 the Luzice (Laussitz) Serbs by a little over 0.1 per cent. 



The stock is in general a naturally well-preserved and sturdy one. 

 The mean annual increase in numbers amounts to about 1.4 per cent. 



Anthropologically, the Slavs are characterized by a mostly rounded 

 head, good cranial capacity, medium stature, and a good physical 

 development. In complexion they range from brunette to blond, the 

 former jDredominating among the southern Slavs and among the 

 Malorussians, while blonds are more numerous among the northern 

 parts of the stock, and especially among the Bielorussians. 



Culturally, numerous parts of the people are as yet more or less 

 retarded, due not to any want of natural abilities, but to lack of 

 facilities of education, and to oppression. 



Those Slavs who emigrate, particularly to North America, become 

 generally (Avith the exception of a certain percentage of the Slovaks, 

 who return to their families) completely assimilated with the indig- 

 enous population within two generations. 



Note. — Prof. Niederle's work contains many special details wliich could not well he 

 included in this abstract, due to limit of space, and there is also given an extensive bibli- 

 ography relating to the diflferent stems and branches of the Slavs, for which the reader 

 must be referred to the original. 



