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acromial diameter decrease gradually and in a quite regular man- 
ner in both sexes as the height increases, and they are generally 
less in females, the bi-iliac and the bi-trochanterian diameters 
present numerous variations. Dr. Richet, in his paper on fecun- 
dity, discusses the relation of vitality to fecundity by means of a 
series of algebraic formule. The chief merit of the communica- 
tion is the emphasis given to the fact that the mere counting of 
the offspring of a single generation of mulattoes is not a correct 
guide to their fecundity. It is well known that very feeble mothers 
frequently have many children, all of whom perish in childhood, 
while vigorous mothers, less fecund, raise all their children, and 
thus contribute to the succeeding generation a proportional num- 
ber of fathers and mothers. It will be seen at once that the 
question of the permanence of hybrids depends quite as much on 
the vitality of the offspring as upon the fecundity of the mothers. 
Dr. Périer, in his note on evolution, calls attention to the fact that 
the theory of “transformism” has been received with greater 
enthusiasm in England and Germany than in France, the land of 
its birth. The author inclines to compliment his countrymen for 
this state of things, and, for himself, is happy “to be among the 
number of those who bow before the inaccessible unknown, and 
practice in the barracks and in the school. A bibliographic list 
accompanies the essay and adds very much to its value. 
ANTHROPOLOGY IN ENGLAND.—The May number of the Fournal 
of the Anthropological Institute contains, in addition to the presi- 
dent's address, the following papers of general interest: Austra- 
lian marriage laws, by Rev. Lorimer Fison; Savage and civilized 
warfare, by J. A. Farrer; Notes on the Jivaros and Canelos In- 
dians, by Alfred Simson; On the Bheel tribes of the Vindhyan 
