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supports the view that the incus represents the primitive suspensorial element, 

 i.e., the hyo-mandibular. 



3. The President's Address was delivered. — See p. 776. 



4. Some Notes on the Morphology of Transverse Vertebral Processes. 

 By Professor A. Macalister, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 



The application of this term in the description of the several regions of the 

 human spine is unsatisfactory, and the author has endeavoured to determine, by 

 embryological evidence, the morphological relations of the several parts of the 

 neural arch. The factors which cause the differentiation are the juxtaposition of 

 the rib and the variable relations of the arch to the surrounding muscles. 



.5. A Note on the Third Occipital Condyle. 

 By Professor A. Macalister, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 



There are two structures confused under this name — one a mesial ossification 

 in the sheath of the notochord, and the second a lateral, usually paired, form of 

 process, caused by the deficiency of the mesial part of the hypochordal element of 

 the hindmost occipital vertebra, with thickening of the lateral portion of the arch. 



6. Notes on a Human Skull Jbund iib Peat in Bed of the River Orwell, 

 Ipswich. By Miss Nina F. Layard. 



This skull was obtained in January last from the captain of a dredger employed 

 on the river Orwell at Ipswich. It was found when deepening the channel iii 

 May of last year. After working out the overlying mud a bed of peat was 

 reached. This was in such a dry condition that it choked the machinery. As 

 nearly as could be estimated, the skull was found embedded in the peat at a depth 

 of about 4 feet. After being dredged up it was rescued by the captain, and for 

 nine mouths remained hoisted on a pole in the dredger, exposed to the wind and 

 weather. The skull was very black when first found, but in course of time 

 became bleached. Some oil dropping upon it from the machinery above gave it 

 its present brown appearance. One side of the skull is much worn away by 

 exposure to the air and moisture, while the other side is almost perfect. 



In February last the writer presented the skull, which was exhibited, to the 

 Royal College of Surjreons, and Professor Stewart has made the following 

 measurements :—C., 530; L,, 188 ; B, 140; Bi., 74-5 ; H., 1.33 ; Hi., 707; B.N., 

 101 ; Ow., 37 ; Oh., 29 ; Oi., 784 ; Ca., 1,570. 



7. Interim Report of the Committee on Anthropological Teaching. 



8. Interim Report of the Committee on the Preservation and Registration 

 of Photographs of Anthropological Interest. 



1901. 3 P 



