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This form of the widespread multicolor group is decidedly more 

 buffy than its Lado ally, lateris, approaching more the color of 

 elegans of Mr. Elgon. It is, however, distinctly smaller than this 

 form and somewhat yellower. 



The type is the only specimen in the collection. This was secured 

 by Kermit Roosevelt in a clump of bamboo near the village of Uma. 



PARAXERUS KAHARI, new species 



Meru Forest Squirrei, 



Type from Meru Boma, northeast of Mt. Kenia, British East 

 Africa; adult female, number 164203, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; collected 

 by Edmund Heller, September 24, 1909; original number, 1174. 



Characters. — Like ganana, but tail without rusty median stripe; 

 skull larger and proportionately broader. 



Coloration.— Genersil dorsal coloration buffy olive, darkest me- 

 dially, becoming lighter and more buffy on the sides; individual 

 hairs annulated by a narrow subterminal band of buff; overlaid by 

 longer wholly black hairs ; dark area of back bordered by an obso- 

 lete lighter stripe. Eye with a broad buffy ring. Cheeks and lower 

 sides olive buff. Feet above ochraceous. Ears like dorsum. Tail 

 mixed blackish and buffy, without marked darker cross-bands, the 

 border light buffy ; below more yellowish buffy. Under parts cream 

 buff, the hair on median line buffy to the roots. 



Measurements. — Head and body, 175 mm. ; tail, 172 ; hind foot, 38. 

 Skull: condylo-incisive length, 36.5; basilar length, 31.5; zygomatic 

 breadth, 24.5; interorbital width, 11. 5; length of upper toothrow, 

 7.3 ; condylo-incisive length of mandible, 27.5. 



This race is closely allied to ganana of Jubaland. Specimens 

 from the northern Guaso Nyiro River are exactly like the type in 

 body coloration, but are somewhat smaller skulled. In coloration 

 of upper parts this race is similar to ochraceus from Mombasa, but 

 the coast species is at once distinguishable by its bright ochraceous 

 under parts. 



Among the Wameru tribe this squirrel is known as kahari. 



GRAPHIURUS PERSONATUS, new species 



Masked Dormouse 



Type from Rhino Camp, Lado Enclave; adult female, number 

 164827, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; collected by J. Alden Loring, January 1 1, 

 1910; original number, 8644. 



