RECORDS 93 



The following prog .-am was then offered : 

 Dr. A. Hrdlicka, Certain Racial Characteristics of the 

 Base of the Skull. 



Dr. L. Farrand, The Alsea Indians of Oregon. 



Summary of Papers. 



The first paper dealt with the middle lacerated foramen, the 

 petrous portions of the temporal bones, and the styloid. The 

 author demonstrated the different stages of development of 

 these parts in primates and at different stages of life in the 

 whites, and the differences of those parts, fully developed, in 

 the negroes, Indians and whites. In the adult whites the mid- 

 dle lacerated foramen is large, the petrous portions appear con- 

 siderably sunken ( bulging of surrounding parts), the styloid is 

 well developed. In the Indian the foramen is but a moderate 

 size, in the negro small, in apes absent ; the petrous portions are 

 less sunken in the Indian than in the white, on, or almost on, 

 the level with the surrounding parts in the negro, bulging more 

 or less beyond these in the primates ; the styloid is in the ma- 

 jority of cases small in the negro and small to rudimentary in 

 most of the Indians. Where the styloid is rudimentary the 

 vaginal process often plays a compensatory part. In whites all 

 the mentioned stages of the parts described may be observed 

 at different periods of life. Brain development accounts for the 

 differences in the size of the middle lacerated foramen and the 

 relative position of the petrous portions. 



The second paper reported observations made by the author 

 on the language, customs, and traditions of the Alsea Indians 

 of Oregon. 



Charles H. Judd, 



Sccretai'y. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 

 February 4, 1901. 



Academy met at 8.15 P. M., President Woodward presiding. 

 The minutes of the last business meeting were read and ap- 

 proved. 



