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Preparation of Specimens. Before a series of crania (or bones) 

 can be submitted to measurement or examination, the specimens must 

 be not only well cleaned, but also carefully repaired, which is interesting 

 work and at times calling for not a little ingenuity. For repair, about 

 the most suitable cement is a thick paste made from fish glue, or from 

 Page's liquid glue, with plaster-of-paris and pigment. A box of dry 

 sand in which to place the skulls or bones while the cement is setting 

 will also be required. 



The specimens, furthermore, must be numbered and catalogued, 

 otherwise there would inevitably be confusion. The method of 

 numbering is immaterial, so long as the numbers do not duplicate 

 others in the collection. The number, tribe, locality, and sex are 

 marked with indelible ink in the most convenient location, which in 

 the skull is perhaps the antero-inferior angle of the left parietal; and 

 all specimens of one kind in the collection are marked in the same 

 place. If the bone is scaly or too rough, a small parallelogram is 

 covered neatly with oil paint and the mark made on this. 



Sexing. 1 In adults, the determination of sex, from the skull alone, 

 while generally offering few difficulties to the well-trained observer, 

 ifc not equally easy in all races, or in all individuals. 



A typical masculine skull differs in practically every feature from 



1 The most important contributions to this subject (outside of the various text- 

 books on Anatomy and Anthropology) are: 



Bartels (P.), "Ueber Geschlechtsunterschiede am Schadel," Thes., Berlin, 1897. 



Bureau (A.), "Des caracteres sexuels du crane humain," Rev. d'Anthrop., 1873, 

 II, 475. 



Ecker (A.), "Ueber eine eharakteristische Eigentumlichkeit in der Form des 

 weiblichen Schadels und deren Bedeutung fur die vergleichende Anthropologie," 

 Archf. Anthrop., 1866, I, 81. 



Manouvrier (L.), "Sur la grandeur du front et des principales regions du crane 

 chez Phomme et chez la femme," C. R. Assoc. Franc, p. I'Avanc. d. Sc., 1882. 



Mantegazza (P.), "Dei caratteri sessuale del cranio umano," Arch. p. Antrop., 

 1872, II, 11. "Studii di craniologia sessuale," Arch. p. Antrop., 1875, V, 200. 



Mobius (P. J.), "Ueber die Verschiedenheit mannlicher und weiblicher Schadel," 

 Arch.f. Anthrop., 1907, N. F. VI, 1. 



Panichi (R.), "Ricerche di craniologia sessuale," Arch. p. Antrop., 1892, XX, 49. 



Pittard (E.), Les segments craniens chez rhomme et chez la femme." Arch. d. 

 Sc. Phys. & Nat., 1899, 1900. "Quelques comparaisons sexuelles de cranes anciens 

 de la valtee du Rh6ne (Valais)," L' Anthrop., 1900, XI, 179. "Comparaisons sexuelles 

 dans une se"rie de 795 cranes de brachycephales alpins," Bull. Soc. d'Anthrop., Lyon, 

 1910, XXVIII, 119. "Analyse et comparaisons sexuelles de quelques grandeurs 

 du crane et de la face chez les Tsiganes," C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris, 1911, T. 152, 208. 



Welcker (H.), "Geschlechtseigentumlichkeiten des Schadels," Arch.f. Anthrop., 

 1866, 1, 120 et seq. 



