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was specially paid to the following points — viz., the metopic suture, 

 the occurrence of tympanic exostoses, the " fronto-parietal " (better 

 known as the " os bregmatis "), parietal foramina, the epactal bone, 

 platybasia, the jugular (paracondylar) process, the Ayniara fossa, 

 fusion of atlas and occipital bone, and the torus palatinus. The 

 results are presented in tabular form and in percentages, which 

 facihtates comparison of the different series. The crania are, without 

 exception, those of races of the New World. The Eskimo are 

 found to head the list with the greatest frequency of occurrence of 

 platybasia (which is not quite in accordance with the experience^ of 

 others) and of the torus palatinus. The paper is illustrated by nine 

 figures of as many crania presenting features of particular interest. 



W. H. L. L). 



