of certain Ancient British Skull Forms. 61 
probably what it has been assumed to be, and it is in 
many respects a remarkable one. A, deep indentation at 
the nasal suture gives the idea of an overhanging forehead ; 
but the superciliary ridges are not prominent, and the 
peculiar character of the frontal bone is most strikingly 
apparent in the vertical view, where it is seen to retreat on 
either side almost in a straight line from the centre of the 
glabella to the external angular process of the frontal bone. 
The contour of the coronal region is described by Dr Meigs 
as ‘a long oval, which recalls to mind the kumbecephalic 
form of Wilson.”* Whatever, indeed, be the ultimate con- 
clusion of ethnologists as to the evidences which led me to 
adopt that name to distinguish the characteristics of a pre- 
Celtic British race, the necessity appears to be acknowledged 
for some such term to distinguish the form in question from 
the ordinary dolichocephalic type. The head is narrow 
throughout, with its greatest breadth a little behind the 
coronal suture, from whence it narrows gradually towards 
front and rear. The lower jaw is large and massive, but 
with less of the prognathous development than in the 
superior maxillary. The skull is, no doubt, that of a woman. 
The nose has been prominent; but the zygomatic arches 
are delicate, and the whole face is long, narrow, and taper- 
ing towards the chin. The parietals meet at an angle, with 
a bulging of the sagittal suture, and a slight but distinctly 
defined pyramidal form running into the frontal bone. The 
occiput is full, round, and projecting a little more on the 
left side than the right. The measurements of the skull 
are as follows :— 
Longitudinal diameter, . ; ; : 74 
Parietal diameter, ee ate é : : 5-1 
Frontal diameter, 4: 
- Vertical diameter, 5°3 
Intermeatoid arch, hl? RATS 
Intermastoid arch, : ‘ ' sia) (aloe G8) 
Intermastoid line, : : ' 4°3 (2) 
Occipito-frontal arch, . . 14:2 
Horizontal circumference, ‘ Midge” 4.) b- 
* Catalogue of Human Crania in the Academy of Nat. Science of Phila- 
delphia, p. 29. 
