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eye, and skin colours. This instrument can also be obtained from Lovi- 

 bond's Colour Laboratory at Salisbury. The Pigmentation Meter is 

 described in 'Man' (vol. viii., No. 27, 1908). 



A series of thirty-four standard coloured locks made of artificial 

 silk, dyed to represent the usual hair colours, has been recently brought out 

 by Professor E. Fischer, of Freiburg, Baden. These may be used in some 

 cases v/ith advantage. Each lock is marked with a number, which is 

 used to designate the colour. The cost of the set of locks inclosed in a 

 case is about one pound and may be obtained from Franz Eosset, surgical 

 instrument maker, Freiburg. 



HAIR COLODRS. 



The schemes of classitication of hair colours adopted by Vircliow, by 

 Beddoe, and by the Anthropometric Committee will be readily under;.tood 



Table I. 

 Schemes of Classification of HiiR CoLOUES. 



■* Archiv fur Anthrppologie, vol. .XTi. p. 281, 

 ■f Beddoe's Races of Britain, p. 3. 



