CONTENTS 
Memoirs. 
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I. Editorial, (i) The Scope of Biometrika 1 
(ii) The Spirit of Biometrika ..... 3 
II. Biometry. By Francis Galton, F.R.S 7 
III. Variationsstatistische Probleme und Materialien. Von Prof. Dr 
F. LUDWIG 11 
IV. Data for the Problem of Evolution in Man. Anthropometric Data 
from Australia. By A. 0. PowYS 30 
V. Inheritance of the Duration of Life and the Intensity of Natural 
Selection in Man. By Mary Beeton and Karl Pearson, F.E.S. 50 
VI. Variation in Aurelia aurita (LiNNAEUs). By E. T. Browne . . 90 
VII. A First Study of Natural Selection in Clausilia laminata 
(Montagu). By W. F. R Weldon, F.R.S 109 
VIII. Variation and Inheritance in the Parthenogenetic Generations of 
the Aphis Hyalopterus trvrhodus (Walker). By Ernest 
Warren, D.Sc. 129 
IX. Tables for Testing the Goodness of Fit of Theory to Observation. 
By W. Palin Elderton 155 
X. The Egg of Cuculus canorus. By Oswald H. Latter . . 164 
XI. On Criminal Anthropometry and the Identification of Criminals. 
By W. R. Macdonell, LL.D 177 
XII. Mendel's Laws of Alternative Inheritance in Peas. By W. F. R. 
Weldon, F.R.S 228 
XIII. On the Systematic Fitting of Curves to Observations and Measure- 
ments. Part I. By Karl Pearson, F.R.S 265 
