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Original no. 129 (exact locality not given): Lower female adult 
jaw; alveolar process prognathic; teeth normal, much worn. 
Measurements 
Diameter biconalee = ss. 5.52-- 9.9 cm. | AMelesright) =e 22 soeioee Aird eee 146° 
Height at symphisis......-....- Seon CHM WAM PLCS OEE 2 e's. Soin She ee pole 141° 
Original no. 131 (from Brenner mound no. 2): An adult male skull, 
very dolichocephalic, partially deformed. There is a slight flatten- 
ing on the frontal bone above the middle, on each side of the median 
line, seemingly produced by the pressure of two small pads, and 
there is also a quite marked occipital compression. The forehead is 
low, though showing distinct convexity. The supra-orbital ridges 
are prominent and the supraorbital border distad from them is 
protruding. ; 
Along the border, just mentioned, of the orbits are marks made by 
rodents’ teeth and also marks resembling knife cuts; and in the lower 
part of the right parietal, about the middle, there is a semicircular 
area bearing lines resembling cuts and also traces of rodents’ teeth; 
this is 3 cm. in diameter. 
Original no. 131a (locality probably the same as that of the previous 
specimen): A portion of a calvarium of an adult skull, sex not ascer- 
tainable. The right parietal shows several defective areas of different 
sizes, all approximating more or less to the circular in form, caused 
apparently by rodents; yet some of these areas may be due to human 
agency. 
Original no. 134 (from the Saline County village site): Frontal por- 
tion of the calvarium of an adult female. The skull was apparently 
dolichocephalic. Diameter lateral maximum—the only measurement 
of importance determinable—13.4 cm. The walls are rather thin. © 
U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 249679 (exact locality not given): Part of the 
vault of a skull, including most of the frontal and a small portion of 
the top of each parietal. The skull was probably that of a male 
beyond middle adult life. It was narrow and long in form, and not 
deformed. The bones are rather delicate for a male, the thickness of 
the front ranging from 3 to 5 mm. 
The specimen is interesting principally because of a low forehead, 
marked ventrally as well as dorsally. The supraorbital ridges are 
not excessive, but the border distad from them protrudes from the 
forehead proper, forming with the ridges a prominent supraorbital 
are. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 249681 (from the Klamm mound, opposite 
Kansas City; see p. 72): Parts of an adult, male, dolichocephalic 
skull, of moderate size and average thickness of bones, with low 
a Discussed more in detail in the ‘‘ New examples of modern Indian skulls with low forehead,”’ in Proc. 
U.S. Nat. Mus., X¥xxv, 173, 1908. 
