426 



MORRIS STEGGERDA 



table 2. Thus the average number of offspring per family equals 5.1, the 

 males exceeding the females by 36, which if expressed on the basis of 100, 

 equals 113 males to 100 females. 



TABLE 1 



Measurement . 



Stature 



Sitting height. 



Span 



Head length . . 

 Head breadth . 

 Cephalic index 



DUTCH MALES, 

 PRESENT STUDY 



Mean and P.E. 



173.15 ±.58 

 91.27 ±.31 

 178.89 ±.62 

 192.64 ±.56 

 152.50 ±.54 

 79.30 ±.31 



ICELANDERS, 

 HANNESSON 



Mean 



173.48 

 91.57 

 180.68 

 197.30 

 154. 10 

 78.13 



Dutch males compared with Negroes and Indians 



Relative sitting height 



Relative span 



Relative chest girth . . 

 Cephalic index 



DUTCH WHITES JAMAICA NEGROES MAYA INDIANS 



52.28 ±.10 



103.28 ±.21 



53.40 ±.30 



79.30 ±.31 



51.46 ±.14 



106.16 ±.26 



49.95 ±.27 



77.38 ±.35 



53.02 ±.11 



104.65 ±.18 



56.06 ±.18 



85.01 ±.22 



TABLE 2 



Excess of males: 113 males to 100 females. 



The average birthweight of 48 children, representing 12 families was 

 found to be 8.3 pounds (see table 3). The males considered by themselves 

 were found to average 8.6 pounds and the females 7.3 pounds. The aver- 



