_Tarsal, metatarsal, and phalangial bones_—Nothing special. [Illustration: BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XVII MASHEM, SERI INTERPRETER] _Resumé of the Peculiarities of the Skeleton_ The nerve and blood-vessel foramina are generally large. This character and the platycnemic tibiæ indicate an ample musculature of the subject. The height is above the general average for a woman, which, according to Topinard, is 1.53. The petro-basilar fissures are large and visibly pervious. This condition is found occasionally; significance doubtful; it is more frequent in young subjects. _Platycnemic tibiæ_—This is considered a simian character.[247] It was found first by Broca in 1868[248] on bones from Eyzies; it is associated with relative strength of the muscles of the leg; is very frequent among the characters found on bones from the epoch of polished stone in Europe.[249] J. Wyman found this character more accentuated than at Cro-Magnon or at Gibraltar on a third of the tibias from the mounds of the United States.[249] [247] Hovelacque et Hervé, Précis d’Anthropologie, 1887, pp. 112, 2937. [248] Bulletin de la Société d’Anthropologie, 1868. [249] Hovelacque et Hervé, op. cit., p. 113. _Perforated humerus_—Noticed first by Desmoulins, 1826, on the humeri of Guanches and Hottentots;[250] occurs with greatest frequency in the following peoples:[251] [250] Histoire Naturelle des Races Humaines, 1826, p. 304. [251] Hovelacque et Hervé, op. cit., p. 291. Per cent. 156 neolithic humeri from around Paris 21.8 97 humeri of African negroes 21.7 122 humeri of Guanches 25.6 80 humeri from the mounds of United States (J. Wyman) 31.2 32 humeri of Polynesians 34.3 30 humeri of altaic and American races 36.2