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163.8 of those who had blue or gray eyes. The proportion 

 of tall individuals (over 165 cm. in height) is 48.44 percent 

 among dark-eyed Jews and only 45 percent in those with light 

 eyes. Short people (less than 165 cm. in height) are found 

 only in the proportion of 5 1.56 percent among those with dark 

 eyes, and reach 55.92 percent in those with blue eyes. 



Color of the Eyes. 



Stature. Blue. Gray. Dark. 



Short 22.78 25.44 22.47 



Below the average 33-14 29.57 29.09 



Above the average 26.33 25.45 28.97 



Tall 17-75 19-54 19-47 



Average stature 163. 8 163.8 165.1 



Number observed 338 389 Soi 



From all these figures we find that the ideal "Aryan " com^ 

 bination of stature, pigmentation and head-form is not to be 

 observed among the Jews. On the contrary, the rule among 

 them appears to be that the tall people have darker hair and 

 eyes, and have a lesser percentage of dolichocephalic individuals ; 

 and that those who are short of stature are of fairer complexion, 

 and show a larger percentage of dolichocephalic persons. This 

 tends to exclude the "Aryan" influence as a cause of the Jewish 

 blonds, but it must be emphasized that this condition does not 

 by any means exclude Slavonic infusion, for it has namely been 

 observed that among the various Slavonic peoples, tall stature 

 is often combined with dark hair, and shortness of stature with 

 blond hair. This is the case, according to Weisbach's re- 

 searches, with the Serbo-Croats.^ Among the Poles also the 

 the brunettes are taller than the blonds f also among the White- 

 Russians;'^ and the Great-Russians ^ Vorob'eff concludes that 

 among many Slavonic peoples, such as the Serbo-Croats„ 



^A. Weisbach, "Die Serbo kroaten der adriatischen Kiistenlander," Zeitschrift 

 fur Ethnologie, 1884, Supplement. 



2 Elkind, loc. cit., pp. 363-364. 



3E. R. Eicholtz, " Materials for the Anthropology of the White-Russians" (in 

 Russian), St. Petersburg, 1896. 



*V. V, Vorob'eff, "Materials for the Anthropology of the Great-Russian Popula- 

 tion," etc.. Memoirs Anthropological Section, Vol. XIX, 1899, pp. 59, Moscow 

 (in Russian). 



