10 COLLECTIONS FROM MELANESIA. 



Indices — latitudinal 67"0, altitudinal 71*6, frontal 78-0, Ste- 

 phanie 90-4. 

 Dolichocephalic and hypsicephalic. 

 Glabella not prominent, No. 2 of Broca's scale. Inion No. 1. 



This skull has unfortunately lost all the bones of the face ; but 

 nevertheless tho conformation of the brain-case is such as to show its 

 near relationship to the pure Melanesians of Viti Levu, agreeing very 

 closely with the male " Kai Colo " skulls described by Prof. Flower. 

 The forehead is slightly broader than in any of his specimens (103 

 against 99 millim.), and the altitudinal index is somewhat lower 

 (70*5 against 72 - 2). Otherwise the present skull agrees with Prof. 

 Mower's figures and description. 



9. Cranium of Fijian. 



Female. Middle-aged. Posterior teeth lost during life. 



" Kai Colo, from cave at Livoni, Ovalau, Fiji." — R. W. C. 



Length 175; gl. occ. 175. Breadth 121. Height 130. Maxi- 

 mum frontal breadth 100, minimum 83. Horizontal circum- 

 ferences — preauricular 218, total 475. Transverse arcs — frontal 

 274, bregmatic 281, parietal 294, occipital 245. Longitudinal 

 arcs — frontal 123, parietal 128, occipital 110. Foramen mag- 

 num — length 32, breadth 26. Basinasal length 93. Basi- 

 alveolar length 95. Bizygomatic breadth 117. Height of face 

 81, malar 19*2, alveolus 11. Auriculo-orbital length 68. Orbit 

 — width 36, height 32. Nasal height 46, width 25. 



Indices — latitudinal 69*1, altitudinal 74*3, frontal 68*6, Stephanie 

 83-0, gnathic 102-2, orbital 88-9, nasal 5±-3. 



Dolichocephalic, hypsicephalic, mesognathous ; orbit just below 

 megaseme ; and platyrhine. 



Glabella low, No. 1 of Broca's scale. Parietal eminences prominent. 



This cranium is interesting as belonging to one of the " Kai 

 Colos," or pure-blooded mountaineers of Fiji, whose cranial charac- 

 ters have been fully worked out by Prof. Flower (J. Anthr. Inst. 

 x. p. 153: 1881). It agrees very closely with the skulls from Viti 

 Levu described by that author, most of the actual dimensions and 

 indices coming within the very narrow limitsof variation found by him 

 in his five female Kai Colos. The forehead, however, is very much 

 narrower than usual, the minimum frontal diameter being, as given 

 above, only 83 millim., with a frontal index of 68*6 (Broca, Instr. 

 Cran. p. 172), while Prof. Flower's five female Kai Colos average 

 for these numbers 94 millim. and 77 - p. c, the lowest breadth 

 being 89 millim. and the lowest index 75-0. 



" The Kai Colos were the old hill-inhabiting tribes of Fijians, and 

 were distinct from the coast-tribes, with whom they were frequently 

 at war. Their power was broken by the renowned Fijian chief 

 ' Cacobau,' now dead. Livoni, in Ovalau Island, was one of their 

 strongholds, where these skulls were found by Mr. M'Corkill, a 

 settler, who presented them to me." — B. W. C. 



