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however, that remarkably low orbits were frequent among some 
of the tribes of the eastern Algonquians, and that the Munsee and 
Lenape skulls occupy, with respect to the average orbital index, 
only a median position. The lowest orbits in the mean were found 
among the males of Long Island and of the North Atlantic states. 
Maine and Massachusetts again stand exceedingly close together, 
with fairly low indexes, while Manhattan Island and Staten Island 
are about medium. The females of Staten Island show in this, 
as in other respects, a lack of harmony with the males, with lower 
index. The highest orbits are found in the skulls from south- 
eastern Canada and Rhode Island, and in both of the series from 
Virginia. On the whole, the extensive variation of the absolute and 
relative dimensions of the orbits among the eastern Algonquians 
(and Iroquois) is very remarkable. Its chief cause in the males is 
the unequal development of the supraorbital ridges; in the females, 
excepting in two or three groups, the proportions and indexes are 
more nearly alike. 
XCVII. EASTERN INDIAN CRANIA: FACE 
5 Orbital index | Nasal index 
Males Females Males Females 
Group | | Group 
Rees Ale bs Num- 
eee of. ieee Galt hee Nod ee Not. 
mens mens mens mens 
Long Island..-..-.-... (5) | 82.6 (5) | 87.4 || Manhattan Island... (CANCE Se Eee ces) Emaar 
Connecticut ......--.- (2) | 84.6 (S)) 92515 || Miainesss seaeteec =e (4) | 45.6 (4) | 50 
MIDI Sasa CBD eo nSeaee (4) | 86.2 (4) | 86.2 || Long Island..-....--- (5) | 46.7 (5) | 49 
Massachusetts. ---.---- (10) | 86.3 (2) | 88.8 |] Connecticut.....--... (2) | 49 (2) | 54.7 
New York State...... (16) | 86.8 (13) | 88.6 || Southeastern Canada. (8) | 49.1 (5) | 53:4 
Manhattan Island. --. (2) | 87.4 (1) | 87.8 || Massachusetts... ..--- (10) | 49.7 (20) | 49.5 
New Jersey (earlier) ..|--.--..-|--.-.- (13) | 87.2 || Virginia (miscellane- 
New Jersey (Heye col- OUS) Re sacanee seemed (3) | 50.6 (Gb) 4) Bye 
ABCHON) ye 22- <2 a2 (7) | 87.5 (7) | 91.7 || New Jersey (earlier) ..|-----..-]------ (3) ] 515 
Staten Island........- (3) | 87.6 (3) | 838 New Jersey (Heye 2 
Southeastern Canada.| (10) | 87.8 (5) | 89.5 collection) ..-..---. (@) | Sie (9) | 52.9 
Virginia (Valentine New York State....- (15) | 51.8 (QS) a ade 
collection)....--.--- (10) | 87.9 (6) | 89 Rhode Island......-- (6) | 52.5 (5) 5251. 
Virginia (miscellane- Staten Island.......- (S)alfodet (3) | 54.4 
(OUIS) Pree stesso (5) | 88.9 (2) | 85.6 || Virginia (Valentine 
Rhode Island....-.-..-- (6) +} 90 (5) | 89 collection) ....----- (8) | 53.5 (6) | 54.3 
Nasau INDEX 
Among the Eastern Indians, the nose, as already mentioned, is 
in general relatively small, and the aperture presents often fairly 
sharp borders, an exceptional feature among Indians of most other 
parts of the continent. The nasal aperture, or more properly the 
