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to side, and they are probably due in a measure, if not entirely, to 
the small number of specimens. 
The mean diameter or module is 
practically the same on both sides in both the male and the female. 
The breadth-height index averages slightly over 100 and offers noth- 
ing definitely distinctive either as to sex or to side. 
from 91.7 to 107.4, in the females from 93.8 to 107.9. 
It varies in males 
LXXII. MUNSEE: PATELLA 
MALES 
Right 
5 Thick- 
Num Pelt, Num Breadihs Num-| ness, | Num Bree 
ber ahaa ber mum ber maxi- ber pe 
mum ee 
: cm. cm. cm. 
Avranage: (4) 4.5 | (4) 4.6 | (4) 211] (4) 102. 8 
ame ithe 8) Oar rity (6) 4.41] (6) 4.57 | (6) 2.06 | (6) 103. 6 
Sage ee (6) 4.2 | (6) 4.4 | (6) 1.95] (6) 97.8 
Minimum (all)..---..-------- (6) 4.6 | (6) 4.8 | (6) 2.3 | (6) 105.9 
Maximum (alll) 255: 24-2. = 
Left 
Average: 7 
alice Ne ete eo eese es (4) 4.6 (4) 4.55 | (4) 2.1 (4) 98.9 
NV heres vt 2) ie ama re mh (10) 4,36 (11) 4.38 (12) 2. 04 (10) 100.5 
Minimum (all)...........---- (10) 4 (11) 3.9 | (12) 1.85 | (10) 91.7 
Maximum (all)......-.-..---- (10) 259013 (ash) 4.7 | (12) 2.25 | (10) 107.4 
FEMALES 
* 
Right 
: : Thick- 
Num- | Height, | num- | Breadth,| num-| ness, | Num- | Breadth- 
ber BLE ber ahaa ber maxi- ber fee 
mum u cian 
Average: em. em. em. 
airat’ serene Cart ae (5) 3.93 | (5) 4.02 | (8) 1.73 | (5) 102.3 
ATH eo ty ae ot tS eel ek (9) 3.93} (9) 3.97 | (11) 1.75 | (9) 100. 4 
Minimum (all)........----- lh ey) a7 (9) a7 ||" Cit) 1.5 (9) 93. 8 
Maxam (allys- 2,220 eee (9) 4.1 (9) 4.3 (11) 1.9 (9) 107.9 
Left 
Average: 
Bali. ee EI CB) 3.93 | (5) 4.05| (8) 1.76] (5) 103. 1 
1 \\\ ee ee aay 3 py ts Coreg OP (5) 3.95 | (5) 4.05} (8) 1.76 | (5) 103.1 
Minimum (all). -<.2:-2.62- (5) 3.8 (5) 3. 85 (8) 1.5 (5) 96, 2 
Maximum (all) .......... (5) 4.05 (5) 4.1 (8) 1.95 (5) 107.9 
Module (mean diameter)—Males: right, 3.74; left, 3.75; females: right, 3.23; left, 3.25. 
A comparison of the Munsee patella with that of whites shows 
that the latter is slightly larger in both sexes and on both sides; its 
relative proportions, however, are very much the same, except that 
the bone in white males on both sides appears to be relatively 
