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Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



General colour of upper parts considerably paler than in 

 zaphiri, near " Saccardo's umber" mixed with. " Prout's 

 brown," the brownish tint changing on the lower flanks 

 rather abruptly into the greyish white of the belly ; ventral 

 surface " light greyish olive," paler than in nyansce or zaphiri, 

 almost as pale as in doriana, but more silvery. Lateral gland 

 white. Backs of hands and feet brownish. Tail dark 

 brownish above aud below, bristle-hairs long and fairly 

 numerous, evenly distributed over the basal two-thirds. 



Skull smaller and narrower than that of nyansce. Teeth 

 like those of zaphiri, third upper unicuspid larger in trans- 

 verse section than the second. Basal cusp of anterior upper 

 incisors quite small, as in zaphiri, doriana, and the nyansce 

 group. 



Dimensions of five specimens from Giza, Egypt (two 

 measured in the flesh and the others preserved in spirit) : — 



Head and body. Tail. Hind foot. Ear. 



nam. mm. mm. mm. 



Giza 106 69 20 10 



„ 110 65 18 10 



„ 106 70 19 12 



„ 94 64 19 10-5 



, 93 63 175 104 



Skulls :— 



6- 6- 2- $• ?• ?• 



mm. mm. mm. mm. mm. mm. 



Condylo-incisive length 28-5 29 28 28 28 27-3 



Greatest breadth 11-8 11-8 12 11-9 118 112 



Least interorbital breadth . . 5 - 5 5'3 5 5 - 3 5 5 



Length of palate 127 12-7 124 11-9 12-5 12 



Postpalutal length 12 12-5 117 12"2 12-1 115 



Greatest maxillary breadth . . 8-9 9"2 8-9 8 9 8-9 8-8 



Median depth of brain-case . . 67 64 6-3 6-2 6-2 63 



Length of upper tooth-row . . 131 12-9 127 12*5 124*125 



Hah. Egypt. 



The much paler and yellower colour and less hairy tail 



immediately distinguish this Egyptian shrew from the 

 Abyssinian zaphiri. 



* Tips of incisors worn off. 



