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form of the head. Directly or indirectly, niininunn frontal diameter, transverse 

 fronto-parietal index and cephalo-facial index would also be somewhat altered in 

 persons with deformed occiptits. On account of the very close correspondence of 

 Tongans and Samoans in cephalic index it is obvious that this caution should be 

 extended to the Samoan data^ as well. 



The transverse and vertical diameters of the Tongan face and its component 

 parts are so large that the face and nose may both well be described as massive. 

 The skin is a medium vellowish-brown where it is unexposed to wind and sun. 



Figure 2. Tongan nostrils arranged roughly according to the orienta- 

 tion of the axes. Photographs by Gifford and ^IcKern. 



Exposed parts of the skin of a few of the persons were a verv dark chocolate- 

 brown. The hair may l)e described as black, of medium coarseness, and either 

 straight or slightly waved. The beard is moderately developed and the amount of 

 body-hair on the chest, arms, and legs may also be described as somewhat below 

 the average. Tlie eyes are dark brown in color and a considerable amount of con- 

 junctival pigment is normal. The epicanthic eye fold is typically absent, but nearly 

 30 per cent showed what is termed a "trace" of this fold, and a few marked 

 examples of it were noted. 



' B. P. Bishop Mils. Mem. vol. vin, Xo. 2, 1921. 



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