134 EEPOET— 1880. 



creases and decreases at the same period, and with great uniformity of 

 ratio, under all four heads. 



III. As to Oolo2if of Eyes and Hair of Glass I. 



In 1027 observations belonging to the standard or first class, the 

 colour of eyes and hair has been recorded. As to the importance and 

 utility of this branch of the inquiry the Committee may refer to Dr. 

 Pruner-Bey's papers, translated in the ' Journal ' of the Anthropological 

 Institute, vol. vi. pp. 71-92; to the 'Manual for Anthropologists,' pre- 

 pared by the lamented Dr. Paul Broca ; and to the ' Notes and Queries on 

 Anthropology,' issued by this Association. It may be useful also to 

 direct attention to the valuable practical remarks of Mr. D. Kaltbrunner, 

 in his ' Manuel du Voyageur ' (Zurich, 1879), pp. 504, 505. The types 

 for colour of hair are the ten lithographed pages issued by the Com- 

 mittee in 1877 (see Repoi't for that year). Those for colour of eyes 

 were directed to be : grey, light blue, blue, dark blue, light brown, brown, 

 dark brown, green, black — the colour to be viewed at such a distance 

 that minor variations may blend into one general hue and tint. In the 

 subjoined Table the order of the colours is altered for the reasons given 

 below. The extent 'to which each colour of hair prevails is shown by 

 the following' diagrram : — 



Albino . 

 Very fair 

 Fair 

 Light brown r 



Dark brown 

 Black brown ; — — y 



Black 



Red brown — Dark red 



Red 



Golden — Light red 



f 



It is to be regretted that the observations are not sufficiently numerous 

 to distinguish young people from adults, as the darkening of hair goes on 

 with advancing age. Dr. Beddoe has found a decided difference between 

 women of 18-23 and women over 25 years, but has observed the greatest 

 change to take place somewhere about 20-23 in men and earlier in 

 women. He states that the associations generally of hair and eye colours 

 shown by the table agree with his own observations ; that green eyes do 

 not occur with black hair ; nor so-called black eyes with the blackest 

 hair — this last often accompanying dark grey eyes ; and that dark blue 

 eyes are rare with reddish hair, but often accompany dark or even black 

 l^ir, usually in persons of Irish or Scottish Highland extraction. Other 

 interesting associations may be readily traced in Table XI. 



Mr. Roberts (by whom Table XI. was prepared) has contributed the 

 following remai'ks on the colours of hair and eyes :— 



* In the instructions issued by the Committee, the colours of the eyes 

 and hair are arranged in a crescendo scale from fair to black, but I have 

 thought it desirable to classify' them according to their anatomical and 



