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In the complete male series of 40a skulls the proportions in the different groups 

 were as follows : — 



Dolichocephalic, 57*3 per cent., or, with a tendency to dolichocephaly, 31*8 per 



cent. : in all, 89 per cent. Brachycephalic, 2*2 per cent., or, with a tendency to brachy- 



cephalv. 8'6 per cent. ; in all, 10'8 per cent. Although less well marked than in the 



K series, this large group shows well the remarkably small proportion of skulls 



contained in it which show a brachycephalic tendency. 



In the Renfrewshire group in Turner's series, which comprised 21 skulls, of which 

 I I were male. 8 skulls were dolichocephalic and 7 had an index between 75 and 767, 

 which is a much higher proportion of skulls showing a tendency towards dolicho- 

 cephaly than is seen in the generalised results in Turner's memoir. They belong 

 to the same type as the group " K." The measurements of the latter furnish additional 

 evidence of the fact, which has been demonstrated by several authorities, including 

 Ripley (14), that while the cephalic index throughout Scotland — in fact, throughout 

 Britain — is remarkably uniform, it has a lower value over some parts of the west and 

 south-west of the former country than over the remainder, especially the east, where 

 it has a distinctly higher value. I shall return to this subject later. 



The conclusion that one would draw from an examination of this male series 

 is that the type of skull prevalent in Glasgow and the surrounding district is the 

 dolichocephalic type, and that it exists almost to the complete exclusion of the 

 brachycephalic type. There is little, if any, evidence in this series of "that 

 strong brachycephalic strain which pervades the population of Scotland," according 

 to Turner (1). 



On comparing the height indices or vertical indices of the two series there was 

 found to exist a close similarity between them, as we could expect, knowing that the 

 mean lengths and heights were approximately equal in value. In Turner's series of 

 98 male skulls (part of his group of 1 50) the mean value of the index was 70'9, in 

 the Renfrewshire group of 11 the mean value is 70*3; in the subsidiary group of 

 ' K" of this series the mean value of the index is 70*7, while in the complete male 

 group the mean value is 70*81. 



Table 111. 



Class. 



— x 



Turner's Series. 



"K" Series. 



Complete West 

 Scottish Series. 



No. 



Per cent. 



No. and 

 per cent. 



No. 



Per cent. 



Below 70 : . . Chamaecephalic 

 Between 70'] 75: Metriocephalic 

 Above 7-3" I : Eypsicephalic . 



65 

 68 

 17 



43 



-15 

 11 



40 



56 



4 



156 

 220 



29 



38-5 



543 



74 



A comparison of the results in the above series shows that the percentages found 



