On the Skeleton of an Aboriginal Australian. 65 
the portions of the limbs. One set, like that given here, tells us 
comparatively little of ethnological importance, as the original 
may have been a Rob Roy among his tribe, or else brachybrachial, 
but an extensive series of such measurements would, doubtless, 
be of value. 
The vertebral column showed no appearances of note. The 
third cervical had a trifid spine, as is not uncommonly the case. 
The spine of the sixth cervical was bifid, and the transverse pro- 
cess of the seventh perforated at each side. The sacral laminz 
were mesially ununited, and the spinal curvatures were smaller 
than usual. The sacrum measured 3# inches in length, and 46 
inches in breadth, the average male European sacrum being 3°9 
inches by 5 inches. 
The os innominatum is small, not unduly elongated, with no 
pre-auricular groove (Zaaijer), but with well-marked muscular 
impressions. The thigh bone has a small carina, and its neck 
forms a large angle (123°) with the shaft. The anterior inter- 
trochanteric and the ectogluteal ridges are strong and rough. 
The tibia has a tuberous external condyloid eminence for the 
attachment of the ligamentum iliotibiale (Maissiat and Merkel), 
a structure which I have always found to be of proportional 
strength in all persons, with great powers of endurance in their legs. 
The skull presents the usual Australian dolichocephaly, and is 
of the usual small size, with narrow frontal region. The sutures 
are open and are comparatively simple, the lachrymo-planal being 
reduced to a very short space 0°2" in length. There is a distinct 
double temporal crest (Hyrtl.), a double supra-orbital hole on the 
right side, the inner opening being for the supra-trochlear nerve. 
The spheno-parietal suture measures 0°4” on the left, 0°35” on the 
right. The occiput has two rough splenial ridges and a short 
fissure exists behind each. The tympanic is separated from the 
periotic by a distinct deficiency, and the post-glenoid process is 
separated from the tympanic bone by a fissure continuous with 
the glaserian. A strong supra-mastoid ridge exists, and strong 
stylohyals; a narrow transverse glenoid cavity, and a vertical 
anterior edge of the squamosal. The spine of the sphenoid has a 
double styloid process, one external and one internal to the 
foramen spinosum. The left lachrymal bone has an inferior 
hamulus, and the chin process is small. 
