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the mean of 6 9 '8 obtained by Flower and Garson from twenty-one scapulae. The infra- 
spinous index in my six scapulae ranged from 94 to 115, and the mean was 102, whilst 
the mean in Flower and Garson’s series was 9 2 *7. In the Aeta Negrito measured by M. 
Hamy the scapular index was 64*9, and the infraspinous index was 88*6. 
Pacific Islanders . — In my two Oahuan skeletons the mean scapular index was 78 '8, 
and in my Maori from Otago it was 63*9. In thirteen Melanesians measured by M. 
Livon the mean was 69 ‘8, and in sixteen Polynesians 6 6 '6. Messrs. Flower and Garson 
give the mean index of two Papuan scapulae as 64*5, and of two Tahitian as 70'3. The 
mean infraspinous index in my Oahuans was 117, and in the Otago Maori 88*5. M. 
Livon’s Melanesians had a mean infraspinous index of 93*3, and his Polynesians of 89*4. 
In Flower and Garson’s Papuan the mean infraspinous index was 87*6, and in their 
Tahitian 95*6. 
Asiatics . — In my tall male Hindoo the mean scapular index was 68*9, and the mean 
of six Hindoos measured by M. Livon Was 68*3. In my male Sikh the mean index was 
68*5. In my Chinese the mean index was 66*8 ; the mean of three Chinese in M. Livon’s 
table was 66*6, and of a single Japanese 64*9. In my Malay the mean scapular index 
■was 64, and in M. Livon’s Table the mean of two Malays was 74 ; in Flower and Garson’s 
Table the mean of two Bornean scapulae, possibly Malays, was 64*8 ; and in a Kubu from 
Sumatra, measured by Garson, this index was 72*9. The infraspinous index in my 
Hindoo was 95, and in Livon’s series 92 ; in my Sikh it was 107 ; in my Chinese it was 
88, and in Livon’s series 90*8 ; in my Malay it was 93, in Livon’s series it was 98*7, and 
in Flower and Garson’s Bornean 89*8. 
Lapp and Esquimaux . — In my two Lapps the mean scapular index was 59*5, in 
Livon’s skeletons 63*7, and in Flower and Garson’s skeleton 64*8. In my two Esqui- 
maux skeletons the mean scapular index was 60*5, and in a similar number measured by 
Flower and Garson it was 61*6, whilst in a pair of Samoyed scapulae it was 62*1. In my 
Lapps the mean infraspinous index was 85, in Livon’s 83*7, and in Flower and Garson’s 
89*1. In my Esquimaux the mean infraspinous index was 82*2, in Flower and Garson’s 
it was 80*5, and in a pair of Samoyed scapulae it was 89*5. 
I have not myself examined the scapulae of any American Indians, but M. Livon has 
measured seventeen male and six female Peruvians, from which he has obtained a mean 
scapular index 66*5, and a mean infraspinous index 89*6. Dr. Garson, from the measure- 
ments of his Yahgan Fuegians, has obtained 64*3 as the mean of four men, and 66*2 as 
the mean of one woman. 
It may now be convenient to give in a tabular form (Table XI.) the mean scapular 
and infraspinous indices obtained, by including the measurements by myself and other 
observers of the series of adult scapulae referred to in the preceding paragraphs in one 
common average, the males and females not being differentiated from each other. 
If we exclude the single Hottentot skeleton, where onl} r two scapulae were measuied, 
