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EEPOET 1889. 



Judgment of Eye in estimating Angle of 60 degrees. 



Colour op Eye. 



The colour of the eye was observed according to Topinard's direc- 

 tions. The eyes were examined at such a distance from the observer 

 that all smaller details of colour of the iris were blended together and 

 one uniform impression was obtained. The colours are classed in three 

 groups, viz., light or clear, including blues of all shades; medium, in- 

 cluding grey and green tints ; and dark, including brown and black. 

 The colour of the eye in the males according to this grouping is as 

 follows— 29 light, 28 medium, 8 dark ; of the females, 28 light, 

 37 medium, 17 dark. In both sexes, therefore, the medium, including 

 grey and green tints, greatly predominated, while the dark was the least 

 frequent. Of the medium tints the grey was by far the more common. 



Reduced to percentages the above figures show the colour of the eye 



in the two sexes to be : — 



Males Females 



Light 44-r, 34-2 



Medium 43-1 45-1 



Dark 123 20-7 



Age. 



The ages of the males examined varied from 15 to 75, while that of 

 the females was from 17 to 71 years. The following table contains 

 more detailed particulars on this point. It may be explained that the 

 upper figure of each decade is not included ; thus, for example, persons 

 30 years of age are not included in the column headed 20-30 but in 

 that of 30-40. 



Table of Ages. 



Number Examined. 



The total number of males examined was 73, and of females 98, making 

 a total of 171 persons who were tested in the Laboratoiy at the Bath 

 meeting of the Association. Rather more than a fourth of these belonged 

 to Somersetshire. 



