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Apparently the coloration of tall persons is a bit lighter
than that of small ones.
D. Race and racetypes.
The author, having little practice in determining racetypes,
did not put tliem down on his blanks, but a glance at the
people in the streets of Reykjavik is sufficient to show, that
the Icelandic race is predominantly Nordic. The predominantly
ta.ll, slender stature, tlie comparatively long faces, the back
ward-sloping foreheads, and tlie light eyes are sufficient proofs
that, even though we often find the hair of fullgrown per-
sons somewhat darker than the typically blond one. The hair
of children is, however, usually blond. The features of Icelanders
an Norwegians are very like, though not quite identical.
It goes without saying, tliat the variability of types is never-
theless great. Low stature, usually combined witb square build,
sometimes with a slender one, is very common. Mixed or dark
eyes are not uncommon. The Icelandic race is evidently a mix-
ed one.
The outline of the face is usually an oval one (70%), but
often the chin is rather narrow and the cheekbones somewhat
prominent, so that the outline of the face becomes rather tri-
angular (20%). Square faces with prominent angles of the
lower jaw are found in about 10%.
Besides the Nordic, the Alpine race and probahly the Baltic
race too, are to be found in Iceland, and very likely the Medi-
terranean race also, the last being imported witb the colonists
from Scotland and Ireland.
A well known artist (Rich. Jónsson, portrait-painter and
sculptor), when asked to teli which of the racetypes in F. K.
G ii n t h e r: Ií 1 e i n e R a s s e n k u n d e, could be considered
Icelandic types, gave the following answer:
Typicully Like
Icelundic Icelunders
Nordic race 10 17
Alpine 1 3
Baltic 3
Dinaric 1
The artists are perhaps as clear-sighted in these matters as
the anthropologists.
The race of the Icelanders is, no doubt, as pietured in our