558 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G. 
The medium coloured eyes numbered 269 per thousand, 
v1Z. :— 
Light-brown. ©. <.)o2 es ote wa OE 
Light-hazelo iio. t2u sik as 165 
Dark eyes were 151 per thousand, viz. :-— 
Dark-briwitt ssc lst cts ekekets Oe 
Dark-havelli ye cs Sees etna eee ok Om 
The colour most frequently met with is blue; there are 
378 eyes of this colour per thousand. There is, however, 
a difficulty in distinguishing with exactness, as the shades 
vary with the state of health of the child and the amount of 
light prevailing when the observations are made, so that 
there is no certainty of colour as between some blues, greys, 
and greens. 
Nose. 
The noses of the children were classified and measured, 
and some of the details of the measurements are given in 
the papers herewith circulated. No part of the face alters 
so considerably as the nose, and, as the particular shape 
assumed by the feature between the ages of 5 and 15 does 
not necessarily give an indication of its permanent contour, 
I have not thought it worth while to take up attention with 
a description of its measurements. 
Tue Ear. 
The ears of the children observed were most frequently 
small in size, 550 per thousand being so describable, 297 
per thousand were medium in size, and 153 large. In shape 
the majority of ears (773 per thousand) were oval, 205 
rounded, and 22 oblong or square—very few being of the 
last description. 
Most of the children have normal sized or small lobules to 
their ears, but in 122 cases per thousand the lobules 
were large, and in 4 cases entirely absent. 
In 162 cases per thousand amongst the boys the ears 
were projecting; but amongst the girls few cases of pro- 
jecting ears were noticed, the proportion per thousand being 
not more than 12. Every child was examined for 
Darwin’s tubercle, and in 236 cases amongst the boys and — 
376 amongst the girls the tubercle was noticed. The 
presence of Darwin’s tubercle in such a large proportion 
of the children is interesting, as the tubercle is claimed as _ 
an evidence of degeneration, and as indicative of a former 
condition when the human ear was shaped and developed 
like that of the quadrumana. 
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