e for a final to be 6, 7, 8, or 9 ridge counts, the print
should be searched through that part of the group bearing finals of
from 4 through 11.

The above explanation pertaining to the final also applies to the key.

All prints bearing amputations should be referenced to the necessary
files containing prints other than amputations for reference searches.

In instances where only one finger is amputated, reference searches
are conducted in all possible classifications, including all possible
ridge counts or tracings. For example, a print containing the
classification:

AMP

4 S 1 U III 6
-------------
S 1 U III

with the right index finger amputated, the left index finger being an
ulnar loop, would be searched first in the amputation group for the
classification, then reference searches would be conducted in the
following groups in the nonamputation files:

S 1 U III S 1 T II S 17 W III
--------- --------- ----------
S 1 U III S 1 U III S 1 U III

S 1 U OII S 1 R III S 17 W MII
--------- --------- ----------
S 1 U III S 1 U III S 1 U III

S 1 A II S 1 R OII S 17 W OII
--------- --------- ----------
S 1 U III S 1 U III S 1 U III

All prints bearing unprinted or badly crippled fingers are filed in
the nonamputation files, and reference searches are conducted in the
amputation group.

For the purpose of determining if it is feasible to conduct reference
searches in all possible classifications, the method of referencing
amputations is applied to completely scarred patterns (Chapter titled
"Scarred Patterns--Amputations--Missing at Birth"). For example, a
print bearing the preferred classification:

13 O 17 W OOO 14
----------------
L 17 U OOI

with the left middle finger completely scarred, the right middle
finger being an ulnar loop with a ridge count of 13, would be searched
first in the group for that classification, then reference searches
would be conducted in the following groups:

O 17 W OOO O 17 W O 19 W OOO
---------- ------- ----------
L 17 U OII L 17 Ur L 17 U OOI

O 17 W O 19 W OOO
------- ----------
L 17 Ua L 17 U OII

O 17 W O 19 W OOO
------- ----------
L 17 Ut L 17 U OMI

The referencing of partial scars is a problem in which many factors
are presen