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should expect, the great majority of the group belong to Aberdeenshire 

 and Banffshire. The birthplaces of both parents of 467 students are 

 recorded, and the result is shown in the following table : 



TABLE I. 

 BIRTHPLACES OP PAEENTS OF SCOTTISH STUDENTS. 



Thus we see that, of 256 Aberdeenshire fathers, 188 married 

 natives of their own county, 25 married natives of Banffshire and 

 43 married natives of the other Scottish counties. Obviously there 

 is a large preponderance of intra-county unions in Aberdeen and 

 Banff, as we should have expected. 



III. THE Two GROUPS COMPARED. 



4. Aye. The average age of the Scottish group at the beginning 

 of their course is 19 fs years ; of the non-Scottish group 19i 7 ^ years. 



5. Head Measurements. The means are as follows : 



TABLE II. 

 MEANS OF HEAD MEASUEEMENTS OF ABEEDEEN STUDENTS, IN MM. 1 



'The figures with the symbol prefixed represent the "probable errors " of the 

 various characters. 



