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Cranial Capacity of Filipinos.—Dr. Juan C. Nañagas of the College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, has made a study of the cranial capacity of a collection of some six hundred crania in the Department of Anatomy in his University. Of these there are a fair number of known cases of Filipinos; upon these is based a report published in the Philippine Journal of Science for January last. Of the four hundred and fiftyeight skulls examined, four hundred and thirtysix are males. The maximum cranial capacity for the male group is 1655 c.c., and the minimum, 1083 c.c. For the female group, based it is to be noted on only twentytwo specimens, the maximum is 1480 c.c. and the minimum 987 c.c. The main cranial capacities are for the male group 1301 c.c., with a standard deviation of 10.858; for the female group 1192 c.c., with a standard deviation of 11.8. A comparison with other races, white, Ainu, and negroes, both African and American, shows that in the Filipino cranial capacity is relatively smaller, falling more or less in direct proportion to the difference in stature and general physique existing among the various races.