4O SOME RECENT MISINTERPRETATIONS OF THE 



TABLE I. Strength of Nature. 

 A. PARENTAL RESEMBLANCES. 



(i) Physical characters. 

 Pair Organ Correlation 



Father and son Stature -51 



Span -45 



..,,,, Forearm -42 



,, ., Eye colour -55 



Father and daughter Stature -51 



Span -45 



,, Forearm -42 



Eye colour -44 



Mother and son Stature -49 



,, >. ,, Span -46 



Forearm -41 



,. Eye colour -48 



Mother and daughter Stature -51 



,, Span -45 



,, ,, ,, Forearm -42 



,, >, ,, Eye colour -51 



(ii) Pathological characters. 



Parent and offspring Pulmonary tuberculosis (Pearson) -40 to -60 



>, (Goring) 43 to -62 



,, ,, Insanity (Heron) -53 



(Goring) -47 



,, ,, Deaf-mutism (Schuster) -54 



,, ,, Corneal refraction (Barrington) -60 



(iii) Mental characters. 



Father and son Ability (Oxford Class Lists, Schuster) -49 



Intelligence (Family Records, Pearson) -58 



Mean Parental Correlation '49 



B. FRATERNAL RESEMBLANCES. 



(i) Physical characters. 



Brother and brother Stature -51 



Span -55 



,, Forearm -49 



,, Eye colour -52 



,, Cephalic index -49 



,, Hair colour -59 



,, General health 49 



Sister and sister Stature -54 



Span -56 



Forearm -51 



Eye colour -45 



Cephalic index -54 



Hair colour -51 



General health -56 



