FILIPINO EARS. 37 



All individuals are similar to the B. B. B. except two Filipinos, 7 

 mestizos, 1 Spaniard, and 1 Chinaman, who are tall. 



After careful study I mn convinced that the Igorot ear is a modified 

 form of the B. B. B. ear. As such it is well represented Ij}- a large 

 element of the priesthood of the Philippines, by Japanese, and l^y 

 Chinese types similar to tlie Igorots. 



THE ALPINE EAR ( PLATE v). 



The Alpine ear is the ear of the fat man. It is' large, round, or oval 

 and without lobule. The helix is continuous around the ear to the 

 lower margin, where it turns forward to terminate in the anthelix and 

 cheek, and thus forms a shelf which is supported by the part of the 

 ear that should be the lobule, but is firmly attaclied to the cheek. The 

 concha is large and open. 



The Alpine ear is related to the B. B. B. on the one hand and to the 

 Malay on the other. The three types shade into each other insensibly. 

 The individuals also resemble eacli other in size, head shape, and general 

 appearance, which may mean that blending has taken place by continual 

 contact of the types, or that the one is developed from the other, the 

 B. B. B. from the Alpine which in turn is derived from the Malay. 



Individuals with Alpine ears are usualh- portly, though not above 

 medium height. They have round heads, flat and broad behind. Their 

 features are full, with especially well-developed parotid glands that may 

 influence the appearance of the ear by everting the lower portion of it. 

 They walk largely along the easy ways of life and frequent the sunny 

 paths. 



The Alpine ear is found equally among mestizos and tlie dark-skinned 

 Filipinos. Its frequency is as follows : 



Alpine ear {adult males). 



Small, short, fat, stocky, dark skinned Filipinos 46 



Large, fat, yellow or white skinned mestizos 39 



Short, fat, Spanish 9 



Short, fat, American 8 



Short, fat, Chinese 2 



Tall Filipno 5 



Tall American 4 



Tall Spanish 1 



Tall Chinese 1 



Total 115 



The jolly, fat, Spanish friar, the American salesman, the French 

 good fellow, the ehanning celestial all have ears belonging to this type. 

 Music and oratory live in their souls and they constitute to a great 

 extent members of orchestras, bands, and legislative bodies. 



