本文將探討埔里的原住民眉番。筆者一面參考過去的研究成果，將焦點 擺在鳥居龍藏之照片中的眉番末裔，針對眉番族群於埔里盆地中之滅絕過程 與其後裔後來的命運，根據清代文獻、古文書，以及日本時代之紀錄與戶籍 資料等進行研考。透過本論文之研考所示，今日台灣之眉姓，乃起源自埔里 眉番之後裔，亦即由鳥居龍藏拍攝成乾板照片的少年。

This paper deals with the Mei(Bai)-fan, an extinct Austronesian people of Puli plain. Paying an attention to a portrait of half-blood children photographed by TORII Ryuzo, the author tries to reveal the process of extinction of this ethnic group and to search the destiny of their descendants. This investigation is based on the analysis of the historical literatures and old contractual documents of Qing dynasty, alongwith field-researchers’ records and family resister during the colonial period. As a result of this investigation, it becomes clear that current Taiwanese surname ‘Mei’ is traced back to a half-blood Mei-fan boy whom TORII photographed on a dry plate.