518 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



Group 1 {yiffardi). 



Size very large. Colour above and below deep chestnut-brown. Fur and 

 tail very long. Second and third upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



(1) Crocidura giffardi^ de Wint. 



Crocidura qiffardi, de Winton, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vol. ii. 

 p. 484 (i898). 



A very large, dark, long-haired species. 



Size larger than in any other African Crocidura, tail very 

 long. 



Pelage different from all the other allied Crocidura ; fur 

 exceptionally glossy and long ; hairs between 7 and 12 mm. 

 in length on the back. Colour as dark as in hedenborgiana, 

 but richer and redder, about as in " dark bone-brown " 

 mixed with 'Wandyke-brown ^•' (Ridgway, 1912); flanks 

 and belly a trifle lighter, bnt not markedly so. Hairs 

 reddish brown almost throughout their whole length, only 

 the extreme basal portions pale grey, very diff'erent from the 

 ordinary Crocidura colouring where the grey hair-bases are 

 very conspicuous. Backs of hands and feet clothed with fairly 

 long, dark, blackish hairs. Tail exceptionally long and 

 covered entirely with black hairs ; caudal bristles black and 

 long. 



Skull very large and heavily built, very broad across the 

 maxillary and cranial regions ; teeth large. 



Dimensions of the type (from dried skin) : — 



Head and l)ody 130 mm. ; tail 95 ; hind foot 23. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 36' 1; greatest breadth 14"5 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 6"9 ; length of palate 15'7 ; post- 

 palatal length 15"5 ; greatest maxillary breadth 12 ; length 

 of upper tooth-row 17. 



Hab. Moshi (or Mossi), near Wagadugu, 500 miles N.E. 

 of Kumasi, Gold Coast. 



Tijpe. Adult female. B.M. no. 98. 10. 24 5. 



The dark rich colouring, long fur, and exceedingly long 

 tail readily separate this form from all the other large 

 species. 



Group 2 [manni). 



Size very large. Colour above drab washed with pale cinnamon, below 

 smoke-grey. Second and third upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



(2) Crocidura manni, Pet. 

 Crocidura manni, Peters, SB. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. p. 19 (1878), 

 A large species, unusually pale in general colour. 



