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The pelvic cavity at the superior strait or brim is more spacious, 
both antero-posteriorly and laterally, in the Munsee female than in 
the male, and it is also somewhat broader relatively to its depth, as a 
result of which it gives a somewhat lower depth-breadth index. 
On comparison with the pelves of the mound-building Indians of 
the Arkansas and Louisiana mounds, those of the Southwest and 
Mexico, and those of United States whites, it 1s seen that the Munsee 
pelvis, as a whole, is of moderate dimensions, especially in its breadth, 
which is slightly smaller than that in any of the other groups in the 
males and in most of the females. Because of this fact, the height- 
breadth index of the pelvis in the Munsee is relatively high—higher 
than that of any of the other Indians. It is exceeded in this respect 
only by the pelvis of the white males. 
An even more marked peculiarity of the Munsee pelvis applies to 
itsinlet or brim. As will be seen by a glance at the figures, this is rela- 
tively narrow and deep in both sexes; the lateral diameter, with a 
single minor exception, is the lowest, and the diameter antero-posterior 
the highest of all the groups. As a result of this condition, the brim 
index of the Munsee in both males and females is exceptionally high. 
LXX. COMPARISON OF THE MUNSEE PELVIS WITH THAT OF OTHER INDIANS AND 
OF WHITES 
MALES 
Speci- | , Mean breadth of __ | Diameter Diawaciee a 
S eight of pelvis Pelvie lateral ete Brim 
arCeD pens ossa in- | (between | index | maximum | PoSterior | index 
(pairs) nominata | outer lips ofibrimin |e 
of crests) * of brim 
cm. em. cm. em. 
Muniseés Sa.es> eee (6) 21. 2 26. 7 78.9 12,1 10.6 87.8 
Arkansas and Louisiana (23) 215d 28.1 76.7 13 10.4 79.8 
Southern Utah cliff- 
dwellers: -trucieasee (23) 20.6 26. 85 76.7 12.4 10 80. 6 
Southwest and Mexico. . (15) 20. 6 27 76, 2 12.3 ONL 78.7 
United States whites. - . (32) 22. 06 27.1 81.4 12.7 9. 64 75.9 
FEMALES 
IMIINSCO 7-25. Ayesha (10) 19. 95 25.9 77.0 13 ll 84.5 
Arkansas and Louisiana (12) 19.7 26.8 73.5 13.33 10. 74 81.4 
Southern Utah  cliff- 
dwellersc+.i2-2s25-0c8 (7) 19.05 25.4 74.5 lssall 10.1 77.4 
Southwest and Mexico. . (12) 19,15 PASC 74.4 12.9 10. 75 83.1 
United States whites. - - (20) 20. 16 27.05 74.5 13.35 10. 73 80.4 
*The pelvis being held in articulation. 
The brim index in general shows unexpected irregularity from 
group to group and between the two sexes. In the Munsee and the 
