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the level of the foramina. The total height of the four vertebrae, in a straight line, is 102 millims. The 

 body of the first vertebra has a breadth of 50 millims., and a depth of 30 millims. On the anterior face 

 a little excavation is noticeable. On the posterior face the articular facet is very hollow, and is 59 millims. 

 long and 33 wide ; there is a deep fossa above and within this facet ; and, lastly, the sacral crest is bifid 

 at the fourth vertebra. 



c. Right Os Innominatu/m. 



This is less perfect than those of the Old Man, being defective above and below. This fragment, however, 

 belonged evidently to the pelvis of a male, as is shown by its size, massive structure, &c. Nevertheless 

 the iliac fossa is deep, and its wall thin ; the anterior-inferior iliac spine is rather thicker than in that 

 of the Old Man, but equally bent inwards as the latter. At the ilio-pectineal eminence the groove is flat 

 and has a rather uncommon breadth (43 millims.). At the ilio-sacral articular surface the auricular facet 

 is deeply excavated and notched ; its height is 71 millimetres, whilst in the Old Man it is only 60 millims. 

 The ischiatic notch is a little broader than in the latter ; whilst the length from its anterior border to the 

 spine is 60 millims. in both. The distance from the front edge of the ilio-sacral articulation to the 

 subeotyloidal notch is here 81 millims. ; the width of the body of the ischium is 70 millims. ; the thickness 

 of the ischiatic tuberosity is 26 millims. (it is directed vertically downwards) ; the height of the acetabulum 

 is 55, its breadth 54 millims. ; and, lastly, the total height of this fragment of coxal bone is 195 millims. 

 The last measurement proves that the height of this pelvis much exceeded 200 millims. 



Hitherto we have been examining the pelves of some males ; we have now to study the remains of some 

 female pelves. 



d. Bight Os Innominatum. 



This fragment consists only of the acetabular cavity with the body of the ischium and its tuberosity. 

 The height of the acetabulum is 55, its breadth 53 millims. The height of the ischium below this cavity 

 is 66 millims., the breadth of its body is 65, and the thickness of its tuberosity 29 millims. 



Compared with the preceding examples, the external ischiatic surface is here more excavated ; the spine 

 and the tuberosity are turned more outwards. Hence very probably this was the pelvis of a tall woman*. 



e. Sight Os Innominatum. 



This consists of two fragments belonging to one pelvis. They are of manifold interest, and I shall 

 therefore examine them in detail. First, there exists the portion corresponding to the piece " d " described 

 above ; but it is of much less size, as these measurements show. The height of the acetabulum (shallower 

 and directed more forward) is 50 millimetres, its breadth the same ; the height of the ischium is 54, its 

 breadth 65, and the thickness of its tuberosity 23 millims. The anterior-inferior iliac spine is flattish, 

 high, and directed inwards ; the ilio-pectineal eminence is arched and rather thick. The inner face 

 of the ischium is excavated ; its spine and its tuberosity are directed outwards. 



To this fragment belongs another, representing the supero-posterior portion of the ilium. Its exca- 

 vation and its inclination are considerable, and therefore feminine. Of the posterior iliac spines, the 

 superior is arched, the inferior flattened. The superior iliac crest has a fine curve. The ilio-sacral 

 articular surface is squarish ; its height is 57, its breadth 60 millims. What is of much interest, both the 

 articular surface and the curve of the crest correspond exactly with those in a female pelvis, in my 



* A parallel to this, belonging to a woman of the Finnish type, and of the Age of the Eeindeer, is 

 preserved in M. de Ferry's fine collection. 



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