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tassels, and there is a blue crescent-shaped mark on the glabella, 

 just below the supraorbital red line. 



Although stated to be a " woman of Nagheer," there can bo little 

 doubt, from its general appearand', that this skull is that of a man. 

 It is a remarkably fine and typical head, and has therefore been 

 thought worthy of a figure. The peculiar roof-like shape of the 

 crown is noticeable, a state of skull called " ill-filled " by Dr. 

 Cleland. 



" These skulls are placed on the graves where the bodies of their 

 original possessors lie, and are surrounded with idols, models of 

 snakes, &c, which are supposed to guard the dead." 



3. Cranium of Solomon Islander. 



Female. Adult. 



" Solomon group ; particular island unknown." — It. W. C. 



Length 187: gl. occ. 187. Breadth 130. Height 133. Maxi- 

 mum frontal breadth 110 ; minimum frontal breadth 100. 

 Horizontal circumferences — preauricular 2-13, total 510. Trans- 

 verse arcs — frontal 276, bregmatic 29-1, parietal 304, occipital 

 265. Longitudinal arcs — frontal 133, parietal 126, occipital 

 117. Foramen magnum — length 33, breadth 28. Basinasal 

 length 102. Basialveolar length 102. Bizygomatic breadth 

 129. Height of — face 80, malar 21, alveolus 12. Auriculo- 

 orbital length 68. Orbit— width* 39, height* 34. Nasal 

 height 47, width 25. Maxilla— length 56, width 63. 



Indices — latitudinal 69-5, alritudinal 71'1, frontal 76-9, gnathic 

 100-0, orbital 87*2, nasal 53-2. 



Dolichocephalic, mesognathous, platyrhine ; orbit mesoseme. 



Glabella low, about No. 1 of Broca's scale. Nasal spine long, 

 No. 4. Occipital crest scarcely visible. 



4. Cranium of Maliicollo Islander, New Hebrides. 



Male. Aged. All the teeth gone and alveoli closed up. 



Length 170 ; gl. occ. 182. Breadth 128. Height 138. Maxi- 

 mum frontal breadth 107 ; minimum frontal breadth 91. 

 Horizontal circumferences — preauricular 232, total 481. 

 Transverse arcs — frontal 276, bregmatic 301, parietal 320. 

 Longitudinal arcs — frontal 131, parietal 139, occipital 104. 

 Foramen magnum — length 29, width 25. Basinasal length 

 103. Bizygomatic breadth 137. Height of malar 22. Auri- 

 culo-orbital length 68. Orbit — width 39, height 35. Nasal 

 height 48, width 30. 



Indices — latitudinal 75-3, altitudinal 81-2, frontal 71*1, orbital 

 89-7, nasal .62-5. 



Subdolichocephalic, hypsicephalic, very platyrhine ; orbit mega- 

 seme. 



Glabella very thick and gorilla-like, approaching No. 4 of Broca's 



* Flower, Cat. Coll. Surg. i. p. sviii. 



