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square, straight, or broad, anteriorly — more rounded. Head oval — 

 Occiput prominent. Scarcely any vertical ridge or crest. 



N. B. All the characters seem to be much softened and approach- 

 ing the European type, as compared with the Bhotia heads. 



No. 7. — Hillman, probably Newar, procured at Sankmol. 



Face not so broad and flat as the Bhotia No. 8, more rounded and 

 prominent in the profile. Head rounded with longitudinal diameter 

 shorter. 



Differences from European type as follows — Cheek bones a little more 

 prominent laterally. 



Zygomatic areas, seen in the basis cranii, much larger and more 

 open than in an European, and square anteriorly like those of the Bho- 

 tia No. 8. 



Upper maxilla somewhat prognathous. 



No. 16. — Man of the Newar tribe and Bandya division. Like No. 4 

 but more European. Face not flat. Cheek bones not laterally projecting 

 — Alveolar process of the upper jaw prominent — Vertical ridge strongly 

 marked, Zygomatic areas and orbital cavities like European. 



Lower jaw small. 



No. 15. — Another Newar Bandya. 



Head round, oval, with longitudinal diameter short. 



Face rather broad and flat, but not so much so as in the Bhotia No. 8. 

 Nasal bones more elevated. 



N. B. The chief characters different from the European type are in 

 the shape and size of the zygomatic arches viewed in the basis cranii. 

 Areas more open and their anterior edge angular and square. 



No. 20. — Skull from the plains, near the Ganges. Head nearly 

 European ; a bad European head. 



(Signed) J. C. Prichard. 



