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name of the locality and the date. The back of the card can be utilised 

 for further particulars. The initialling of the card by the observer 

 indicates that the record is completed for that card. 



Care should be taken to note only such cases as can be seen clearly at 

 close quarters, and in a good light — a precaution very necessary for the 

 estimation of doubtful tints, especially of the eyes. Cases in which the 

 hair has begun to turn grey should be excluded. 



Adolescents who appear to be under eighteen years of age should be 

 noted on special cards. 



The eyes are classed as follows : — 



Light. — All blue, bluish grey, and light grey eyes. 



Medium. — Dark grey, brownish grey, very light hazel or yellow, hazel 

 grey (formed by streaks of orange radiating into a bluish grey field), and 

 most shades of green. 



DarTi. — The so-called black eyes, and those usually called brown and 

 dark hazel. 



The following are the hair colours : — 



Red. — All shades which approach more nearly to red than to brown, 

 yellow, or flaxen. 



Fair. — Flaxen, yellow, golden, some of the lightest shades of brown, 

 and some pale auburns in which the red hue is not very conspicuous. 



Brown. — The lighter shades of brown. 



Dark. — The darker shades of brown. 



Black (Niger). — Which includes not only the jet black which has 

 retained the same colour from childhood, and is generally very coarse and 

 hard, but also that very intense brown which occurs in people who in 

 childhood have had dark brown (or in some cases deep red) hair, but 

 which in the adult cannot be distinguished from coal-black except in a 

 very good light. 



The foregoing scheme is taken from Dr. Beddoe's ' The Races of 

 Britain ; a Contribution to the Anthropology of Western Europe ' (1885). 

 It might be advisable to discriminate in some way (say by making a 

 diflFerent mark in the N column) between jet black and black brown. 



The collections under this head will be digested by Dr. Garson and 

 Professor Haddon. 



