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stout bones witli the muscular impressions well marked. The fore- 

 arm bones are relatively slightly longer than in the average modern 

 European. 



The shafts of both femora are intact and show a marked decree 

 of platymer.y, while the linea aspera is moderately prominent. 



The right tibia is complete, and the condylar articular surface 

 on the outer tuberosity instead of being hollowed is distinctly convex 

 from before back. 



The fibula is a strong bone with a prominent rounded outer 

 border bounding a large hollow peroneal surface. 



The stature of the individual contained in this cist, as calculated 

 from the long bones, could not have been more than 5 feet 2 

 inches. 



So that we have here the skeleton of a male, low in stature, 

 muscular, very brachyeephalic and with narrow orbits and a dis- 

 tinctly broad nose. 



2. PARKHTLL SHORT CIST (//). 



1 " Contents of short cist found at Parkhill in 1881 and presented 

 by Mr. Ferguson of Kinmundy." 



There have been preserved from this cist the bones of a skeleton, 

 mostly much broken. 



SKULL. The only parts of the skull intact are the vault of the 

 cranium, a piece of the superior maxilla and the right half of the body 

 of the lower jaw. The sutures are quite distinct while the teeth are 

 much worn. Measurements of the cranium give the markedly brachy- 

 eephalic index of 874. The supraorbital ridges and glabella are pro- 

 minent. 



The frontal region is full and rounded, the frontal arc being 

 longer than the parietal are. At the lambda there is slight flatten- 

 ing. The occipital pole does not project beyond the inion when the 

 glabello-inional line is horizontal The skull is evidently that of a 

 male. 



1 Museum label. 



