No. 527] SKIN PIGMENTATION IN 31 AN 655 



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Totals (591) i 128 j 403 | 60 j 



the case of the other tables, a certain allowance has to be 

 made for errors in reporting due to vague and incorrect 

 recollection and to other mental lapses. In such fam- 

 ilies as Keh., McC— 2 and Rob. the color of one of the 

 parents is probably incorrectly reported. Sometimes the 

 probability of the record can be tested by considering 

 the associated hair color, since there is a fairly high cor- 

 relation between the two. Thus in the case of the Keh. 

 family both "intermediate" parents have ' ' black' ' hair, 

 while all but one of the "brunet" children have hair 

 that is recorded as of some shade lighter than black. In 

 the McC. — 2 and Rob. families both parents and children 

 have "dark brown" hair, but, in both families, the skin 



