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Tube-men, inhabiting neighbouring régions, average 74 (SELIGMANN). Anyway, the Eastern 

 extremity of New-Guinea constitutes a centre of dolichocephaly — SELIGMANN also indicates 

 the short-statured dolichocephaly for thèse régions — of only a slightly higher degree than the 

 Geelvink-Bay. Perhaps this little différence is due to Oceanic influence, which is — according 

 to SELIGMANN — unmistakable in this Massim area. This influence is also held responsible 

 for the higher index of the Trobriands, Marshall-Bennetts and of Murua, which islands are situa- 

 ted more to the North-East. On the Marshall-Bennetts and on Murua the cephalic index in the 

 living averages even 80. Unfortunately there is a considérable différence in the means of the 

 37 SERGl-skulls (Ind. cran. 79) and the 40 

 DuCKWORTH-skulls (Ind. cran. 75), likewise col- Diagram XXX. 



lected in Murua [198]. Both stated 40% ? ° L— 



mesocephalic skulls, but SERGI found 30% 

 dolichocephalic and 30 brachycephalic skulls, 

 while according to DUCKWORTH dolichocephaly 

 was prevailing with S 2 °!o anc ^ brachycephaly m. 7 =. 

 occurred only in 8 °/ . Evidently we are in a 

 région with a very mixed population. Haddon 

 states [55], in discussing the SERGI-series of 

 the d'Entrecasteaux Archipelago and Murua, 

 that the first hâve a maximum on 71,5 and 

 78 and the last a feeble one on 77 and one 



' ' ' M, 72. 



on 81. He concludes that especially on Murua 

 a brachycephalic élément is probably inocul- 

 ated on a dolichocephalic one. Further the 

 capacity of the Murua-skulls is higher, as only 

 25,8 °/ microcephalic skulls are counted. 



The différence between maie and female 



M. 72. 



skulls is not constant. In the séries of MEYER 



the cranial index of the women is lower (Ind. 



cran. 0*72,5; Ind. cran. 971,5) as was also 



the case with the cephalic index of my Timorini. 



(Ind. ceph. cf 78, i; Ind. ceph. Q 77,5). Kocil 



and BRANDERHORST [125] found the same 



index for men and women (living objects). Van 



DEN BROEK and DORSEY give a higher index for the women. 



O74 and Ind. cran, çf 71, Ind. cran. 9 73) ')• 



MEYER states that the skulls of children are a little less dolichocephalic; for the 

 Timorini children the ceph. index also appears to be slightly higher. TEN Kate [77] found 

 this higher index also among Polynesian children; but on the Minor Sunda-islands (between 

 Java and Australia) he stated the contrary. The conclusion out of ail thèse facts can only 



skulls 

 n Gulf. 



A. B Meyër, 

 120 sluills (adult 

 Geelvinck Bay. 



South-West-Coast 



Cephalic Index, 

 (no sex. differ. is made). 



(Ind. cran. çT 71, Ind. cran. 



1) As for ihe crania, it is often demonstrated (a.o. by BoLK).tliat the définition of the sexe of a skull is little trustvrorthy. 



