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5290. The three succeeding dorsal vertebrae. 



5291. The eleventh dorsal vertebra. 



The neurapophysis supports an articular surface for a rib. 



5292. The twelfth dorsal vertebra. 



The articular surface for the rib is on the neurapophysis : a long and strong metapophysis 

 is developed from the back part of the short and stunted diapophysis. 



5293. The five lumbar vertebrae. 



The diapophyses increase in length from the first to the third, and then diminish to the 

 fifth, where they are the strongest, although the shortest. The metapophyses and anapo- 

 physes are distinct in the first four vertebrae. 



5294. The sacrum. 



The neural canal is closed by the neurapophyses and spines in the first three vertebrae. The 

 whole sacrum is small, compressed, and its anterior surface is almost straight, not curved. 



5295. The right clavicle. 5296. The left scapula. 

 5297. The left humerus. 5298. The left ulna. 

 5299. The left radius. 5300. The ossa innominata. 

 5301. The left femur. 5302. The left fibula. 



5303. The left tibia. 



5304. The skull of a male Australian, of the Western Port tribe, with the perma- 

 nent dentition complete and moderately worn. 



A very small portion of the alisphenoid joins the parietal on both sides of the head. In 

 the narrow form of the cranium, the low receding forehead, the prominent obtuse borders of 

 the orbits, the prominence of the jaws, and advanced position of the canines of the lower jaw, 

 this skull presents, irrespective of any artificial distortion, the lowest character of any Human 

 skull in the Museum ; but in all the essentials it adheres to the Human type and departs 

 from that of the Gorilla and Chimpanzee. 



Presented by Dr. Ifodson. 



