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races but are especially common in Indians. The surface of the shaft 

 is smooth, and only a faint ridge indicates the position of the supra- 

 condyloid process, as usual in Indians. Finally, also in harmony 

 with the Indian type, the shaft is plano-convex in shape, and platy- 

 brachic. Its dimensions slightly below the middle are: Diameter 

 lateral (greatest breadth), 2.2 cm.; diameter antero-posterior (least 

 thickness), 1.4 cm. ; at middle they were probably 2.3 by 1.5, with the 

 index of 65.2. The left humeri in the Munsee ^ gave for the corre- 

 sponding dimensions 2.2 by 1.64 cm., with the index of 7Ii..6; while 

 211 left male humeri of various tribes gave, respectively, 2.15, 1.59, 

 and 73.9, with a considerable number of individuals duplicating 

 exactly the proportions of the Vero bone. On the other hand, 626 

 left male humeri of whites averaged 2.21 by 1.86 cm., with the index 

 of SJf.l — a radically different condition. 



The uItub (pi. 11) show moderate normal curves and well-marked 

 muscular impressions. The right bone is perceptibly stronger than 

 the left. The shape of the shaft, especially on the left, approximates 

 a lateral prism, instead of the more common ordinary prism; this, 

 however, is only an individual variation which is met with occasion- 

 ally among both whites and Indians. The arterial foramen is situ- 

 ated in both bones near the anterior instead of in the vicinity of the 

 interosseous border; but this, though less common, is also found not 

 infrequently in the ulnse of both whites and Indians. 



The radius (pi. 12) is rather slender, but well molded; the tuberos- 

 ity is somewhat submedium in size, in consequence of which the neck 

 antero-mesially is longer than usual; but externally and posteriorly 

 it is as in other radii. None of the somewhat exceptional features 

 of the ulna and radius here mentioned are in the direction of more 

 primitive forms of these bonds, but quite the reverse. 



The ribs are of moderate masculine proportions and of ordinary 

 form. The parts of scapulae and pelvic bones present show no fea- 

 tures of special interest. The vascular canal in the supraspinous 

 fossa at the base of the acromion is unusually large in the Vero 

 specimen, but this characteristic has only an indiAddual significance. 



The tihi(P (pi. 13) were typically prismatic (shape No. 1) and 

 strongly built. The fibulce were strong, not fluted. 



The astragalus (pi. 13) shows a marked fossa anterior to the 

 trochlear surface as in Skeleton I from Vero, and as found in 

 astragali of Florida and other Indians; otherwise, the shape is not 

 exceptional. Its dimensions compared with those of other Indian 

 astragali are as follows: 



^Bull. 62, Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 53. 



