THE LONG BARROW AND ROUND BARROW SKULLS 
IN THE COLLECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, THE MUSEUM, OXFORD. 
By E. H. J. SCHUSTER, M.A., New College, Oxford. 
The following work was undertaken at the desire of Professor Weldon. It is 
the first part of a descriptive catalogue of the British skulls in the collection of 
the Department of Comparative Anatomy, Oxford, and is an attempt to lay before 
the public in an accessible and partially digested iorm the material in this collection. 
Owing to the small number of the measurements of each group which it has been 
possible to take, the statistical constants deduced from them are not of very much 
value as they stand, but it is hoped that similar catalogues of other collections 
may be published which will enable one to deal with larger groups. 
Professor Weldon and Professor Karl Pearson have written a descriptive 
catalogue of the skulls, which has been based to a certain extent on the manuscript 
catalogue prepared some years ago for the Department of Comparative Anatomy by 
Mr Hatchett Jackson. The account of the anatomical peculiarities was most kindly 
provided by Professor Thane. 
Professor Thane's determinations of the sex have also been adhered to 
throughout. 
The following measurements were taken to such extent as was possible in each 
individual case. 
A. Cranial. 
L' . Hoi^izontal length. This was measured with instruments described in 
Miss Fawcett's memoir (Biometrika, Vol. I. p. 408). 
L. Greatest length measured from the glabella to occiput. 
L". Greatest length measured from tlie nasion. 
F. Opliryo-occipital length. Flower. Greatest length measured from the 
middle point between the frontal prominences. 
