190 Mr. G. Dolhnan on the African Shrews 



grey "), very different from the slaty colour of the Angolan 

 species. Patches of the old worn coat^ which are still 

 retained in this Nyasa specimen, are very much more orange 

 in colour, about as in " tawny olive.^' Underparts greyish 

 white, as in hicolor, not as white as in woosnami. Backs of 

 hands and feet rather darker, especially on their outer sides. 

 Tail about equal in length and similar in colouring. 



Skull badly broken, only the muzzle remaining intact. 

 Upper unicuspids rather larger than in hicolor^ the third 

 rather longer than the second. 



Dimensions of the type (taken from dry skin) : — 



Head and body (stretched) Q7 mm. ; tail 43 ; hind foot 11. 



Skull : length from front of upper incisors to back of 

 large premolar 5 mm. 



Hab. Nyasaland. Altitude 4040 feet. 



Type. Adult. B.M. no. 0. 7. 31. 1. Original number 4. 

 Collected on May 18th, 1900, by J. Henderson, Esq., and 

 presented by him to the National Collection. 



(107) Crocidurn bicolor cuninghamei, Thos. 



Crocidura cuninrjlutmei^ Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vol. xiv. 

 p. 240 (1904). 



A slate-brown coloured race of hicolor, with duller under- 

 parts and a rather flatter skull. 



Size as in bicolor. Fur quite short, hairs on back 2-3 mm. 

 in length. 



Colour dark slaty grey washed over with brown, the 

 general efiPect as in "sepia'' speckled with "neutral grey," 

 considerably less brown than in allex or alpina. Belly 

 dull grey, not sharply marked off from the browner upper 

 parts. Backs of hands and feet whitish. Tail finely haired, 

 brown above, dull white below ; bristle-hairs numerous, but 

 very inconspicuous. 



Skull small, brain-case rather flatter than bicolor and con- 

 siderably more so than in allex or alpina, and more parallel- 

 sided. Teeth much as in hicolor, the third upper unicuspid 

 overlapping the second to a rather greater extent. 



Dimensions of the type and two other specimens : — 



Head and bod ! 

 mm. 



$ (type) 60 



ff . Kama I. 55 



S . Kampala o6 



