546 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G. 
child’s parerits, their occupations and blood relationship, 
if any, were ascertained, as well as the number of genera- 
tions in Australasia each parent represented. 
PuysicaL CHARACTERISTICS. 
Skin.—The classification of the skin adopted was that 
used on the Continent, and devised by Virchow, and is as 
follows : — 
1. Blonde.—Light. 
Medium with blue-grey, greenish, or light- 
brown eyes. 
Dark. 
2. Ruddy—is a blonde, usually pale, and associated 
with red hair. 
3. Brunette—Light with brown, or hazel, or black eyes. 
Dark. 
4. Mixed—includes pale or medium skins, with dark 
hair and light-blue or grey eyes. 
Hair.—The hair has been classified after selection and 
comparison of several hundreds of specimens, and the classi- 
fication adopted corresponds with that of the Ethnographic 
Committee of British Association. There are four main 
classes arranged according to color, viz. :— 
1. Blonde—Light or Flaxen. 
Medium. 
Dark. 
2. Reddish or Auburn, including Sandy. 
3. Brown—Light. 
Dark. 
Character.-Hair is divided also into 6 classes by 
character : — 
(a) Fine, (b) Coarse, (c) Straight, (d) Curly or Wavy, 
(e) Lustrous, (f) Dull; 
and into three classes as regards amount :— 
(a) Copious, (0) Moderate, (¢) Scanty. 
The Nose.—The profile of the nose has been classified, to 
agree with British Association Standard, into 6 classes :— 
1. Straight. 4. Sinuous or Wavy. 
2. High Bridge or 5. Aquiline. 
Roman. 6. Semitic or Jewish. 
"3. Concave. 
