98 REPORT— 1859. 



Sunwar Tribe (6 skulls). 



Four out of the six skulls of this tribe show the broad and short or rounded 

 form of cranium ; a fifth would be classed as dolichocephalic ; the sixth shows 

 an intermediate type. The upper jaw is short, broad, slightly prognathous ; the 

 mentum moderately prominent ; the malars prominent in all : upon the whole, 

 the Mongolian or Turkoman type prevails in this series of Sunwar skulls. 

 The dolichognathous skull (/. o, o, o, o, o) measures, in length, 7 inches 4 

 lines (186*0); in breadth,5 inches lg line (131*0) : the average length of the 

 four brachycephalic skulls is 6 inches 5 lines (167*0) ; the average breadth 

 is 5 inches 9 lines (145*0). In all the skulls the alisphenoids broadly join 

 the parietals, and the frontal suture is obliterated ; the nasals vary from pro- 

 minence to flatness. 



Limbu Tribe (5 skulls). 



These skulls exhibit a great range of variety: the one marked "l.x,x,x,x,x" 

 in the oval contour of the cranium and face, in the delicate, almost vertical 

 malars, in the form of the maxillaries, and in the development of the nasals, 

 conforms to the Caucasian type ; but although the forehead has proportion- 

 ally a good shape and development, the capacity of the cranium is small. 

 The skull marked '•' 1 v, v, v, v, v," in the narrow and elongate form of the 

 cranium, in the flatness of the nasals, in the projection of the broad jaws, and 

 divergence of the malars, exemplifies the Negro type of skull. The length of 

 this cranium is 7 inches 3 lines (185*0); its breadth is 5 inches 4J lines 

 (136*0). The skull marked "1 z, z, z, z, z," combining a broad rounded 

 form of cranium with a broad malar region, and a broad, short, yet somewhat 

 prognathous upper jaw, conforms to the Mongolian type. The same type, 

 with a somewhat longer form of skull, predominates in No. 1 w, w, to, w, w, 

 in which the length of the cranium is 6 inches 5 lines (168*0), and the 

 breadth is 5 inches 8|- lines (145*0). In all these skulls the alisphenoids join 

 the parietals, and the frontal is undivided. The same range of variation in 

 the development of the nasal bones prevails as in the preceding series. 



The principal anomalies shown in this series are the anchylosis of the atlas 

 to the occiput in 1 y, y, y, y, y, leaving only the left neurapophysis, behind 

 the condyle, free ; this is separated from the right neurapophysis by an in- 

 terval of 7 lines : the right posterior zygapophysis is double the size of the 

 left one, and is convex: the nasal spine of the premaxillaries is much produced. 

 In the skull marked " 1 w, w, iv, w, w," the upper or interparietal part of the 

 'squama occipitalis' is formed by three large 'wormian bones.' 



Kiranti Tribe (5 skulls). 



The same exemplification of both Caucasian and Mongolian types is given 

 by this as by the preceding series of five skulls; but no Kiranti skull shows 

 the simious combined with other ^/Ethiopian characters : the nasal bones in all 

 are prominent and well-developed. The oval or elongate form of cranium 

 prevails, with a moderately prognathous jaw. In three of the skulls the malar 

 bones project outwards. The chin is well-marked. The length of the cra- 

 nium varies little, the average being 6 inches 10 lines (174*0) ; the breadth 

 varies from 4 inches 9 lines (120*0) to 5 inches 5 lines (138*0). In all the 

 skulls the alisphenoids join the parietals, and the frontal is undivided. 



Anomalies — One skull (1 a, a, a, a, a, a) shows a wormian bone in the 

 sagittal suture, and a pair of well-marked ' paroccipital ' processes : the skull 

 (1 6, b, b, b, b, b) shows a mal-position of m 3 on both sides of the upper jaw. 



