58 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL.ee 
races but are especially common in Indians. The surface of the shaft 
is smooth, and only a faint ridge indicates the position of the supra- 
condyloid process, as usual in Indians. Finally, also in harmony 
with the Indian type, the shaft is plano-convex in shape, and platy- 
brachic. Its dimensions slightly below the middle are: Diameter 
lateral (greatest breadth), 2.2 cm.; diameter antero-posterior (least 
thickness), 1.4 cm. ; at middle they were probably 2.3 by 1.5, with the 
index of 65.2. The left humeri in the Munsee x gave for the corre 
sponding dimensions 2.2 by 1.64 cm., with the index of 74.6; while 
211 left male humeri of various tribes gave, respectively, 2.15, 1.59, 
and 73.9, with a considerable number of individuals duplicating 
exactly the proportions of the Vero bone. On the other hand, 626 
left male humeri of whites averaged 2.21 by 1.86 cm., with the index 
of 84.1 a radically different condition. 
The ulnce (pi. 11) show moderate normal curves and well-marked 
muscular impressions. The right bone is perceptibly stronger than 
the left. The shape of the shaft, especially on the left, approximates 
a lateral prism, instead of the more common ordinary prism; this, 
however, is only an individual variation which is met with occasion 
ally among both whites and Indians. The arterial foramen is situ 
ated in both bones near the anterior instead of in the vicinity of the 
interosseous border; but this, though less common, is also found not 
infrequently in the ulnae of both whites and Indians. 
The radius (pi. 12) is rather slender, but well molded; the tuberos- 
ity is somewhat submedium in size, in consequence of which the neck 
antero-mesially is longer than usual; but externally and posteriorly 
it is as in other radii. None of the somewhat exceptional features 
of the ulna and radius here mentioned are in the direction of more 
primitive forms of these bonds, but quite the reverse. 
The ribs are of moderate masculine proportions and of ordinary 
form. The parts of scapulae and pelvic bones present show no fea 
tures of special interest. The vascular canal in the supraspinous 
fossa at the base of the acromion is unusually large in the Vero 
specimen, but this characteristic has only an individual significance. 
The tibidB (pi. 13) were typically prismatic (shape No. 1) and 
strongly built. The fibula were strong, not fluted. 
The astragalus (pi. 13) shows a marked fossa anterior to the 
trochlear surface as in Skeleton I from Vero, and as found in 
astragali of Florida and other Indians; otherwise, the shape is not 
exceptional. Its dimensions compared with those of other Indian 
astragali are as follows: 
l Bull. 62, Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 53. 
