Anthropology at the British Association. 399 
were given by Professor Flinders Petrie in ‘ Early Egyptian 
Skeletons.’ In the whole series of early skeletons the same 
series of changes are found. From the early prehistoric times 
they diminish down to the smallest type, that of the invading 
minority race of the First Dynasty, when they increase again 
up to the Sixth Dynasty. The changes are not due to gradual 
evolution but to racial mixture. The later invasions of Hyksos 
and Arab show historically how such changes occur. A gradual 
infiltration goes on for many centuries, until at last a small 
compact tribe of invaders enters by force and conquers the 
already mixed populations. 
Mr. H. T. Fleure and Mr. T. C. Jones submitted the results 
of the examination of about two thousand three hundred indi- 
viduals in ‘Ethnography of Wales and the Border,’ and gave 
a list of eleven chief types as a result. Mediterranean types 
are the fundamental element, and are especially predominant 
in the valleys of the great moorland areas. Certain features 
of interest have been noted, thus there are distinctly red- 
haired individuals, Tregaron (Cardiganshire) being a marked 
centre for this character. The women are also distinctly 
darker than the men. There appear to be two distinct coast 
populations, which is interesting, as the Welsh chronicles 
speak of dark sea rovers and fair sea rovers. Copies of maps 
and tabular statements which were circulated at the time 
the paper was read, showed the results of the survey in a 
clear manner, and should be referred to by those who wish to 
analyse the results further. 
In conclusion, we can only comment upon the very high 
order of value and interest of the contributions to Section H 
at the Birmingham Meeting. As a consequence of this the 
average audiences were larger than the compiler of these notes 
has observed before. Many of the papers gave the impression 
that the threshold to highly important investigations has been 
crossed, and we look forward to the continuation of the work 
in all parts of the world, and anticipate very fruitful results 
at the meetings arranged for Australia (1914) and Manchester 
(1915). 
7O:; 
At the Bolton-by-Bowland (West Riding) Police Court recently a 
Preston fish-dealer, and a labourer, also of Preston, were summoned for 
committing a breach of the Wild Birds Protection Act at Grindleton. 
Defendants were seen to take a nest containing five lesser redpolls. When 
approached by a police-constable they had the birds in their possession. 
A well-known local ornithologist protested that the Ribblesdale district 
was being over-run by persons who took wild birds and their eggs. He 
knew of persons who came from various places, especially Manchester, 
and stayed in the district several days, with the sole purpose of scouring 
the district for wild birds. The Chairman, in fining defendants £2 each, 
said the magistrates wished it to be understood that they were determined 
to preserve bird life in the locality. 
1913 Nov. 1. 
