ON A SERIES OP NEPALESE SKULLS. 9? 



whilst a third (b. e, e, e, e) shows almost the Greek model, save in a slight 

 prognathism. 



Bhotia Tribe (9 skulls). 



In the nine skulls of this tribe it is instructive to find, as in the two former 

 tribes, both the brachy- and dolicho-cephalic proportions exhibited. The 

 extremes of length range from 7 inches (177*0) to 6 inches 3 lines (160"0) ; 

 those of breadlh from 5 inches 8 lines (144*0) to 5 inches 1 line (130-0); 

 the broadest skull here, also, being the shortest. Save in two instances, ap- 

 parently females, the nialars are large and prominent, and the general aspect 

 of the skulls is rather that of a Mongolian than Indo-European type. The 

 former is very strongly manifested in a skull (1 q, q, q) marked " Inu Bhotia 

 trans nivem"; and also in a " Sharpa Bhotia" (1 z, z, z, z), which shows the 

 shortness and breadth of cranium, which has been ascribed by Blumenbach to 

 the ' Turkoman's,' skull. In the Inu Bhotia the frontal suture is persistent, and 

 the interorbital space is very broad : the muscular insertions on the occiput 

 are strongly marked. All the Bhotias are prognathous ; and, in all, the chin 

 is prominent. The nasal bones are the seat of the same kind and range of 

 variety as in the preceding tribes. In all the skulls the alisphenoids join the 

 parietals, but with variable proportions — from two-thirds of an inch to a mere 

 point. 



Dental anomalies. — m 3, on the left side of the mandible, has protruded by 

 the side, instead of the summit, of its crown. 



Murmi Tribe (7 skulls). 



This series includes two certified female skulls and one skull of a child. 

 One of the male skulls is more prognathous than in the previous races : in 

 this respect the maxillary characters are those of the ^Ethiopian ; but they 

 are combined with a vertical forehead, with well-developed nasals, and with 

 moderate malar bones : the cranium shows the Caucasian oval form : the ali- 

 sphenoid joins the parietal by a suture of one inch in extent. The other 

 male skulls are less prognathous- and in various degrees : two of them show 

 prominent malars : the nasals vary from extreme prominence (/. i, i, i, i) to 

 flatness (/. m, m, m, m). The forehead is low in most, and is narrow in 

 all. There is as much variety in the proportions of cranial length to breadth, 

 in regard to the number of skulls, as in the foregoing series. The longest 

 skull is 7 inches 3 lines (182*0); the shortest measures 6 inches 3 lines 

 (158*0) : the broadest is 5 inches 5 lines (137*0) ; the narrowest is 4 inches 

 10 lines (123*0) : the shortness being more or less compensated by breadth, 

 and vice versd. In all the seven skulls the alisphenoids join the parietals, and 

 the frontal suture is obliterated. These skulls show much variety in regard 

 to the complexity of the cranial sutures. 



Magar Tribe (5 skulls). 



Of this tribe, three skulls are of males, and show a longer form of cranium, 

 with larger and more robust general proportions, than in the Murmi tribe. The 

 length, in the three males, ranges from 6 inches 8 lines (1G6*0) to 7 inches 

 5 lines (188*0) ; the breadth from 5 inches (122*0) (in two) to 5 inches Sp- 

 lines (135*0). In two skulls the malars are prominent : in all the upper jaw 

 is prognathous, and the lower jaw has a prominent mentum. The nasal bones 

 are generally prominent. The occipital half of the cranium is unsymmetrical 

 in one skull (/. u, u, u, u, u), which also shows a large foramen jugulare on 

 the more prominent side. The alisphenoids join the parietals, and the frontal 

 bone is single, in all the seven Magar skulls. 



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