1910-11.] Study of the Tasmanian, Australian, and Papuan. 21 
Concerning the sources from which our material has been derived, they 
are as follows : — 
Of the Tasmanian crania, Numbers 1 to 19 inclusive are derived from 
Sir William Flower’s catalogue of the osteological specimens in the Royal 
College of Surgeons Museum in London (14). 
Numbers 20 to 34 are from Barnard Davis’s Thesaurus Craniorum 
(15). These crania are now, we believe, housed in the College of Surgeons, 
London. 
Numbers 35 to 36 are from Topinard’s measurements on two Tasmanian 
crania in Paris (16). 
Numbers 37 to 42 are the Tasmanian crania in the University of 
Oxford. Our measurements of these skulls are taken from Turner’s 
memoir (11). 
Numbers 43 to 51 are the crania in the University of Edinburgh. For 
their measurements we are again indebted to Turner (11). 
Numbers 52 to 62 are from the Tasmanian Museum, Hobart, and their 
measurements we owe to Harper and Clarke (17). 
With the sole exception of 95, which is one of De Quatrefages and 
Hamy’s measurements, all the remainder are from Berry and Robertson’s 
recent discovery of additional Tasmanian crania (12, 13, and 18). 
Of these 95 Tasmanian crania, we have, for the purposes of the 
present investigation, only made use of 86, for the sufficient reason that in 
the remainder some one or other of the standard measurements — length, 
breadth, and height — was not available. 
The sources of the Australian aboriginal crania are fully set forth by 
Dr Robertson in his own memoir. Suffice it, therefore, to say here that they 
are all original, and are derived either from the National Museum, 
Melbourne, or from the recently established Anatomical and Anthropological 
Museum in the University of Melbourne, and in about equal numbers from 
the two institutions. For those from the Museum we have to express our 
indebtedness to the director, Professor Spencer, and the curator, Mr J. E. 
Kershaw. 
Of the 191 Papuan crania, Numbers 1 to 124 are from Gray’s 
“Measurements of Papuan Skulls” (19). Of these crania, Gray tells us 
that they are from the collection of Mr W. D. Webster, of Streatham. 
“ There is reason to believe that these skulls came from the Prurari Delta 
and other places on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, except the last six, . . . 
which came from German New Guinea. All the skulls were carved and 
blackened, except those from German New Guinea.” 
Numbers 125 to 164 are from Flower’s catalogue (14). 
