NO. I NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 33 
observed, in no way particular, and the exposed parts, as elsewhere, 
are generally darker than those habitually covered. On the head, 
which is always covered, the skin is occasionally nearly as white as 
in brunet Europeans. The color of the eyes is generally medium to 
dark brown. 
HAIR 
The hair is as a rule black, and in those who are not mixed with 
the negro it is generally straight or approaching straight. It runs 
thus in 88 per cent of the men examined ; in 6 per cent it was black 
and distinctly wavy ; in 5 per cent black with a tendency to curl ; 
and in I individual it was dark brown and straight. In women, 
where the hair is much longer (many of the men clip the hair short 
or even shave the head), it is, so far as could be observed, generally 
more or less wavy, with occasional tendency to curl ; in children it is 
straight, wavy or slightly curly. The Coptic mummies at El Baguat 
showed in general hair that was black and straight to moderately 
wavy. A decidedly curly hair in Kharga natives was as a rule found 
associated with thick lips and other negro features. It appears, in 
fact, as if the tendency to curly hair was one of the most lasting 
effects in the progeny of one-time negro admixture. 
Grey hair, to any appreciable extent, was only seldom noticed 
before the 4Oth year, and occasionally men of 48-50 years of age 
showed hair that was nearly all black. At 55 and above greyness was 
as a rule advanced. 
As to beard, conditions were found as follows : In 94 per cent of the 
men examined the color of the hair on the face was black, while in 
6 per cent it was dark but not quite black; and in a number of 
additional cases the moustache showed a trace lighter than the rest 
of the beard which was black. The quantity of the moustache was 
fair in 8, moderate in 49 and scanty in 43 per cent of the individuals ; 
the chin beard was fair in quantity in 5, moderate in 30, scanty in 
49 and absent (naturally) or nearly so in 16 per cent of the cases. 
The total absence of beard was noticed however, with a very few 
exceptions, only in those below 30 years of age. In form the hair of 
the face, when longer, shows generally more or less tendency towards 
waviness. This is especially true of the chin beard and of the more 
distal parts of both beard and moustache. Greyness of moustache 
was found to begin somewhat later and to be generally less advanced 
than that of the hair of the scalp ; that of the chin beard was seen to 
begin about the same time as that of the head. 
