887 



5752. A cranium. 



It is narrow, with the nasals broad and not prominent : the malars are vertical : the 

 maxilla is produced. 



Hunter ian. 



5753. A cranium. 



It is of larger size than the preceding, is long, moderately broad, with the parietal pro- 

 tuberances slightly marked. The forehead recedes, but the nasals are large and prominent -. 

 the upper jaw is vertical, and the teeth and bony palate present the usual European propor- 

 tions. The alisphenoids unite largely with the parietals. 



Hunterian. 



5754. A cranium of a male. 



It is moderately long and narrow, broadest at the parietal protuberances, with the forehead 

 narrow and rather low : the glabella is moderately prominent : the superorbital ridges are 

 thin and well defined : the malars are slightly prominent : the maxilla is a little produced. 

 The molar teeth do not exceed the ordinary European proportions. The alisphenoids join 

 the parietals. The median ridge of the palate is unusually produced. This cranium is ascribed 

 to a "Native of New Holland " in the Osteological Catalogue of 1831, No. 93, p. 16, but, if 

 it were brought from that country, it has belonged to some White colonist. 



Hunterian. 



The following specimens, to No. 5/65 inclusive, show characters of the Human cranium, 

 displayed by different sections. 



5755. The right moiety of a vertically bisected cranium of a Tasmanian. 



It shows the great thickness of the walls and the contracted capacity of the cranium, as 

 compared with that in the educated White races. The regularity of the curve described by 

 the wall from the glabella to the occipital ridge and the oblique anterior production of the 

 jaw are also characteristic features. As individual peculiarities may be noticed, the wormian 

 bone interposed between the alisphenoid and parietal, the persistent trace of the premaxillary 

 suture, and the vertical contraction of the orbit. 



Presented by Ronald Gunn, Esq. 



5756. The right moiety of A vertically bisected cranium of a male African Negro. 



At the occipital and parietal regions the cranial walls equal those of the Australian in thick- 

 ness, but not at the frontal region. The capacity of the cranium is greater, especially in the 

 longitudinal direction. The upper curve is less regular. The middle fossa is deeper and 

 larger. The upper jaw is less produced. 



Purchased. 



5757. The right moiety of a vertically bisected cranium of an African Negress. 



It corresponds with the preceding in its general characters, allowance being made for the 

 sexual inferiority of size and the inferior development of the frontal sinuses. 



Hunterian. 



