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(39) Crocidura butleri, Thos. 



Crocidura butleri, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) vol. viii. p. 375 

 (1911). 



A medium-sized pale-coloured species, -with short, white, 

 incrassated tail. 



Fur rather short, hairs of back about 4 mm. in length. 



Colour above grey, washed w r ith pale yellowish cinnamon, 

 general effect as in " drab " mixed with " wood-browD," 

 paler than in any other species excepting deserti, fischeri, 

 and smitki. Flanks greyish washed w r ith yellow. Lateral 

 gland white. Uuderparts not sharply contrasted with upper, 

 the cinnamon tint gradually fading on the flanks and passing 

 imperceptibly into the creamy-grey of the ventral surface; 

 hairs of belly grey with creamy-white tips. The yellowish 

 tinge on the underparts is possibly due to some secretion 

 from the lateral glands, the areas around which are stained 

 pale lemon-yellow. Backs of hands and feet white. Tail 

 short, very thick and blunt, white above and below ; bristle- 

 hairs long and fairly numerous, but rather inconspicuous. 



Skull smaller than in hindei, with narrower, more parallel- 

 sided, interorbital region; brain-case rather flatter. Teeth 

 similar in shape but slightly smaller, small upper unicuspids 

 about equal in size, cusp of second rather longer than that 

 of third. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 78 mm. ; tail 34; hind foot 13 ; ear 10. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 23*9 ; greatest breadth 10 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 43 ; length of palate 9'9 ; 

 postpalatal length 10*9 ; greatest maxillary breadth 7*5 ; 

 depth of brain-case 5*3 ; length of upper tooth-row 10*4. 



Hab. Between Chakchak and Dem Zubeir, Bahr-el-Ghazal. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 8. 4. 2. 10. 



This species is at once recognized by its pale colour and 

 short incrassated tail. 



(40) Crocidura percivah, sp. n. 



Belated to butleri, but distinguished by its much darker 

 colour, longer tail, and smaller teeth. 



Colour above dull cinnamon-brown, between " Prout's 

 brown " and " raw umber," gradually paling on the flanks 

 and passing rather imperceptibly into the greyish white of 

 the belly ; hairs of underparts with slaty bases and greyish- 

 white or buff tips. Lateral gland conspicuously marked by 

 a streak of short white hairs. Both above and below this 



