TRANSACTIONS OF WAGNER 

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HAWAIIAN SKULLS 



It will be seen that there are more breaks in the coast than in the cave 

 series, and less disposition for the skulls of the same measurement to form 

 clumps. In a word, as a rule, there is less uniformity. These facts, taken 

 with the lower figures themselves (viz., 47 mm., 60 mm., as opposed to 30 mm., 

 57 mm.), indicate inferiority, a conclusion which is harmonious with the results 

 obtained from other observations on the same group. 



The widths of the face, as shown in the greatest face diameter, the bimalar 

 line and the nasoinalar lines, also exhibit striking contrasts. 



Studies in Variation 



I concede that, in the almost numberless ways in which the subject of 

 variation can be approached, something must be left to the personal inclina- 

 tion or interest of the observer. The following features are held by me to be 

 worthy of comparison, for I had in the paper on Floridan skulls 2 made obser- 

 vations on the same peculiarities. My method consisted in tabulating all the 

 characters which form the basis of this section, and afterwards using them as 

 data for the brief conclusions here preserved. It is not thought to be neces- 

 sary to print the tables themselves. 



The word " terrace" is an appropriate term to use in arranging the 

 numbers and lines on the quadrille paper, and appears to me more instructive 

 than would a curve, which is usually employed in making graphic records. 



The reader is referred to the Florida Skull Memoir for explanation of all 

 terms. Some of these, as in the curves of the profile, the description of the 

 nasal bones, and the anterior nasal aperture, are innovations. 



Cham&prosopy 



In races which are leptoprosopic the few chamasprosopic skulls become 

 of special interest. I have noted such in the paper on Floridan skulls, and I 

 again invite attention to three examples found among the Hawaiians. The 

 frowning expression, the projecting jaw, the receding chin, are striking char- 

 acters. All the chamaeprosopic crania closely resemble one another. 



In both Nos. 1 107 (plate i.) and 1 105 (plate ii.), H. U., the skull-rest is on 

 condyle and opisthion. The glabella is large, the nose-root (radix) depressed, 



