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bones are flatter than in the Polynesian. The sacrum is narrower, the iliac bones less 

 expanded, and the hands and feet are relatively smaller, than in the European skeleton, 

 No. 5569. 



Purchased. 



5373. The cranium of a Negro from the Mozambique. 



It is remarkable for its extreme narrowness in proportion to its length. The parietals 

 slope away from the obliterated sagittal suture. The squamosal unites with the frontal on 

 each side of the head. The glabella is moderately prominent. The nasals are long, broad, 

 and slightly convex. The molar teeth are small. 



Purchased. 



5374. The cranium of an African Negro. 



It is rather less compressed than the preceding, but with the parietal prominences as 

 little marked. The broad and almost flat nasals are continued from the same vertical line as 

 the glabella. The alisphenoid joins the parietal on both sides. The paroccipital tubercles 

 are well marked. 



Purchased. 



5375. The cranium of a South African Negro, or Hottentot, of the Baguani tribe. 



It presents the narrow elongated type, but is slightly and unsymmetrically expanded at 

 the parietal protuberances. The apices of the alisphenoids join the parietals. The super- 

 occipital ascends immediately from the hinder border of the foramen magnum. 



Purchased. 



5376. The cranium of a male African Negro. 



The superorbital ridge is produced, and the origin of the nasals sunk : the bones are short, 

 broad, and quite flat. The prognathic character of the jaws is well marked. Only the apex 

 of the alisphenoid joins the parietal. The cranium is narrow, but is flatter above, and the 

 forehead more prominent than in the Australian race. The paroccipital processes are well 

 developed. The suborbital fossae are unusually deep. 



Purchased. 



5377. The cranium of an. African Negro. 



The nasal bones are small, and almost flat and sunk beneath the overarching glabella as in 

 No. 5376. The cranium is low, subelongate, with slightly prominent parietal protuberances. 

 The malars are large and inclined outwards. The upper jaw is produced and broad. The 

 paroccipitals are distinct : the basioccipital is broad and flat. 



This skull differs from the Australian type in the smaller molar teeth, and the less sloping 

 sides of the calvarium. 



Presented by Sir William Blizard, F.R.8. 



