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very scanty but all adult males have some and that 

 there is very little body hair, but Worcester states that 

 the men often have abundant beards and a thick growth 

 of hair on the arms, chest and legs. The skin is de- 

 scribed as being of a dark chocolate brown, rather than 

 black, with a yellowish tinge on the exposed parts 

 (Reed), sooty black (Sawyer), or dark, sooty brown 

 (Worcester). The average stature of 48 men is 1-463 m. 

 (4 ft. 9.\ ins.), ranging from 1-282 m. (4 ft. 2\ ins.) to 

 1-6 m. (5 ft. 3 ins.), but some of these were not pure 

 breeds (Reed) ; other observations also show a con- 

 siderable range in height. The cephalic index of 16 

 males averages 82-2, ranging from 78-8 to 92-3, ten 

 range between 80 and 85 (Reed). Features: typically 

 the nose is broad, flat, bridgeless, with prominent 

 arched al« and nostrils invariably visible from the front. 

 Of 76 persons measured by Reed 4 males and 3 

 females had nasal indices below 89, 10 and 3 of 90-99, 

 20 and 13 of 100-109, 7 and 7 of 110-119, 6 and 3 above 

 120 ; the median of the males is 102, the extremes being 

 83-3 and 125, the median of the females is 105, their 

 extremes being 79-5 and 140-7 ; in other words they are 

 extremely platyrhine. The eyes are round. The lips 

 are moderately thick, but not protruding. A somewhat 

 pronounced convexity is sometimes seen between the 

 upper lip and the nose in the photographs of Meyer's 

 and Folkmar's Albums. Meyer says the projecting jaw 

 gives an ape-like appearance to the face, but Reed says 

 the Acta have practically no prognathism, a statement 

 which is borne out by his and Folkmar's photographs. 



/ 4. The discovery of pygmies in Netherlands New Guinea 

 by the Expedition has drawn public attention to a 

 problem of perennial interest to ethnologists. Nearly 

 twenty-five years ago Sir William Flower stated, " that 

 it (the Negrito race) has contributed considerably to form 

 the population of New Guinea is unquestionable. In 



