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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Specimen 4554; female skull, brachycephalic in form. Almost 

 the entire top has been destroyed by the pressure of the superin- 

 cumbent earth, but not enough to prevent most of the measure- 

 ments. Only three teeth remain, the others having been lost in 

 process of reburial. The palate is wide, having a length of 50 milli- 

 meters and a width of 42, which gives an index of 84. 



The orbits of this skull differ from most of the others.. They 

 more nearly approach a circular form and have no angles at the 

 turns. 



Millimeters 



Len^h 163 



Breadth I33 



Nasion to prosthion 72 



Nasal length 48 



Nasal width 26 



[Millimeters 



Orbital high 38 



Orbital width 42 



Bi-zygomatic breadth 133 



Basion to prosthion 98 



Basion to nasion 102 



These measurements give the following indexes 



Part 



Breadth 



Aveolar 



Nasal 



Orbital 



Data 



163 

 98 



102 



26 



48 

 38 



42 



Index 

 81.6 



96 



58.3 



95 



Classification 



Brachycephalic 



Orthognathous 



Platyrrhine 



Megasemic 



Capacity indeterminate 



Femora. There are a number of morphological variations in 

 the collection of femora which command attention at once. The 

 more striking anomalies only will be mentioned here. They are 

 those termed the third or supernumerary trochanter and platymeria. 

 Each of these characters is found in a large percentage of the 

 femora, the supernumerary trochanter in about 40 per cent and 

 platymeria in 60 per cent. For the several variations which these 

 femora present a brief description of several is here appended. 



Specimen -4522 ; right femur, probably male, weighs 9^ ounces. 

 It is heavily built and has a heavy gluteal ridge for a distance of 

 6 centimeters below the lesser trochanter. The superior extremity 

 is normal (Indian) though the digital fossa is deep. 



