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The MarivL'Ies Negritos are mixed Iberian or Auptraloid in type with- 

 out exception, all having tlie big, straight nose characteristic of the 

 Australoid. 



Plate XIV. 



The Negritos of this plate decrease in the relative length of the lower 

 extremity from left to right, and the type varies from Australoid to 

 Primitive with the decrease of relative leg length. The two Negritos 

 on the left, figures 1 and 2, are Australoid or Modified Iberian, the two 

 on the right are Primitive or Modified Primitive, and the t\\-o in the 

 center are intermediate fonns. The Negrito of figure 1 is from Mari- 

 veles Mountains and the Negrito of figure 6 from the neighboring Zam- 

 bales Mountains, but in spite of the proximity of tlieir abodes they are 

 very unlike. The differences apparent here are the long legs, face, and 

 nose of the Mariveles Negrito and the short legs, short, wide nose, and 

 short, wide face of the Zanibales Negrito. These differences indicate 

 Iberian affinities for the Mariveles Negrito, and Primitive for the Ne- 

 grito of Zambales. The differences are apparent, not only in these two 

 individuals, but also in the two gi'oups from the Provinces of Bataan 

 and Zambales. Negidtos from other parts of the Islands resemljle one 

 or the other group, but are usually intermediate, and represent greater 

 blending with the surrounding population. 



The Zambales Negrito of figure 2 with short legs is here conti'asted 

 with a Negi-ito of Cagayan Province in figure 1 with intermediate leg 

 length and a Negrito of Isabela Province in figure 3 with long legs. 

 The Zambales Negrito is almost pure Primitive, the Isabela Negrito 

 almost pure Iberian, and the Cagayan Negrito is intermediate in type, 

 the result of Malay or Igorot mixture rather than Negrito. The small 

 Negrito boy of figure 5 with short legs may be contrasted with the old 

 Negrito man of figure 4 with intermediate leg length. This boy is from 

 Cagayan, and when full-grown would probably have legs of intermediate 

 length. An illustration of three small Negrito boys of Mariveles Moun- 

 tain would have been presented showing long legs in youth, although 

 relatively not so long as those of the adult Negritos of Mariveles, but 

 the photograph was not good enough for reproduction. One may infer 

 from this that relatively short legs represent a youthful condition, but 

 the relative length of individual development is not enough to overcome 

 that of conditions due to type, at least in this instanpe. In other words, ' 

 phylogeny is of stronger or greater extent than ontogeny. There is a 

 greater difference between the Mariveles Negritos and the Negritos of 

 Cagayan than between the men and the boys of Mariveles or between 

 the men and the Iwys of Cagayan. 



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