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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  locality 
  described 
  (Gerry) 
  is 
  being 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory, 
  

   all 
  the 
  approved 
  osteometric 
  measurements 
  and 
  indexes 
  being 
  taken. 
  

   Although 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  but 
  partially 
  completed 
  at 
  this 
  writing, 
  it 
  is 
  

   possible 
  to 
  give 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  figures 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  morphological 
  characters 
  which 
  the 
  bones 
  exhibit. 
  

  

  Crania. 
  The 
  crania, 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  study, 
  have 
  been 
  

   ranged 
  in 
  three 
  classes 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  brachycephalic, 
  with 
  indexes 
  

   above 
  80; 
  mesaticephalic, 
  with 
  indexes 
  between 
  75 
  and 
  80; 
  and 
  

   dolichocephalic, 
  with 
  indexes 
  below 
  75. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  possible 
  in 
  a 
  preliminary 
  report 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  to 
  describe 
  

   at 
  length 
  each 
  skull 
  or 
  give 
  the 
  various 
  minor 
  measurements. 
  

   Type 
  skulls 
  of 
  each 
  group 
  will, 
  therefore, 
  be 
  taken. 
  

  

  Specimen 
  4503, 
  a 
  male 
  taken 
  from 
  burial 
  5. 
  This 
  skull 
  is 
  the 
  

   best 
  preserved 
  of 
  any 
  found 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  heaviest, 
  weighing 
  24 
  

   ounces. 
  It 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  person 
  of 
  mature 
  years, 
  between 
  50 
  and 
  60. 
  

   The 
  teeth 
  which 
  remain 
  are 
  well 
  preserved, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  cavities 
  

   in 
  the 
  superior 
  right 
  canine 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  premolar. 
  On 
  

   the 
  right 
  side 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw 
  the 
  molars 
  are 
  entirely 
  lacking 
  

   and 
  the 
  matrices 
  filled. 
  The 
  third 
  molar 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  seems 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  lost 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  before 
  death. 
  The 
  first 
  premolar 
  on 
  

   the 
  left 
  is 
  abnormal 
  in 
  that 
  it 
  grows 
  out 
  at 
  an 
  angle. 
  This 
  

   has 
  resulted 
  in 
  it 
  being 
  worn 
  obliquely 
  and 
  protruding 
  over 
  

   the 
  premolar 
  beneath. 
  On 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  the 
  premolar 
  is 
  normal 
  

   in 
  form, 
  but 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  canine 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  supernum- 
  

   erary 
  tooth. 
  The 
  denture 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  is 
  normal 
  and 
  there 
  

   are 
  no 
  cavities 
  in 
  the 
  teeth 
  which 
  remain. 
  On 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  all 
  the 
  

   premolars 
  are 
  gone 
  and 
  the 
  matrices 
  healed 
  and 
  closed. 
  On 
  the 
  

   right 
  side 
  one 
  molar 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  teeth 
  remain. 
  

  

  The 
  inferior 
  maxillary 
  is 
  well 
  preserved. 
  It 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  

   the 
  squareness 
  of 
  the 
  chin, 
  the 
  mental 
  tubercules 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  

   being 
  pronounced. 
  They 
  flare 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  

   and 
  give 
  the 
  chin 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  57 
  millimeters. 
  

  

  The 
  sigmoid 
  notch 
  is 
  crescentic 
  and 
  not 
  parabolic. 
  In 
  breadth, 
  

   measuring 
  from 
  the 
  crests 
  of 
  the 
  coronoid 
  processes, 
  the 
  jaw 
  is 
  

   107 
  millimeters, 
  and 
  a 
  line 
  drawn 
  from 
  a 
  point 
  midway 
  between 
  

   the 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  chin 
  gives 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  70 
  millimeters. 
  

  

  The 
  palate 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  note 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  several 
  peculiarities. 
  

   The 
  transverse 
  suture 
  has 
  entirely 
  united 
  and 
  several 
  spinous 
  

   processes 
  have 
  formed 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  che 
  sagittal 
  suture. 
  The 
  

   posterior 
  palatine 
  canal 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  is 
  larger 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  left 
  

   due 
  to 
  the 
  absorption 
  or 
  the 
  retarded 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  septum. 
  These 
  

  

  