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præ-auditory and præ-condyloid segments, affords corroborative 

 proof of that which has been derived from studying the position 

 of the occipital condyles. The centre of the external auditory 

 meatus usually varies in its relation to the anterior borders of 

 the hvo condyles, and being inconstant it is not entirely reliable ; 

 but comparison will show the kind of variation which occurs, 

 and the measurements indicate how far in front of, or how far 

 behind, the anterior margins of the condyles the centre of the 

 meatus is placed. 



In eight dolicho-cephalic skulls the præ-condyloid segment 

 was longer than the præ-auditory segment, the variation having 

 an average of 2.25 mm. In six dolicho-cephalic skulls the præ- 

 auditory segment was the longer, the average being 6 mm. 



Gompared with my formerly recorded figures for Australian 

 Aborginals, the present series shows a larger number in which 

 the centre of the meatus was in front of the condyles ; but of 

 those in which the centre of the meatus was behind the anterior 

 condylar border, the distance was considerably greater, indicating 

 that the condyle had not been transported so far backwards. 



