belonging to the Genus Crocidura. 127 



shrew is considerably darker than butleri, resembling more 

 the Cliarnia River species, beta, described above, but with 

 less definition between the brown upper parts and greyish- 

 white belly. Backs of hands and feet dirty white. Tail 

 very thick at base, longer than in butleri, brownish above, 

 white below ; bristle-hairs not numerous, white. 



Skull a little smaller than that of butleri. Tooth-row 

 shorter, teeth rather narrower, the second and third upper 

 unicuspids smaller and more oval in transverse section, 

 third slightly overlapping second, but not so crushed together 

 as in smithi nor hidden externally by the anterior cusp of 

 the large premolar. 



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



Head and body 81 mm. j tail 47 ; hind foot 12 # 5 ; 

 ear 11. 



Skull (brain-case broken) : length of palate 9 ; least inter- 

 orbital breadth 4*2 ; greatest maxillary breadth 7*4 ; length 

 of upper tooth-row 92. 



Hab. Jombeni Range, Nyeri District, British East Africa. 

 Altitude 3500 feet. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 12. 7. 1. 61. Original num- 

 ber 875. Collected on October 8th, 1911, by A. Blayney 

 Percival, Esq., and presented by him to the National 

 Collection. 



The longer tail, darker colour, and smaller teeth separate 

 this species from the Bahr-el-Ghazal butleri. 



It is with pleasure that I name this new form after 

 Mr. Blayney Percival, the collector and donor, to whose 

 generosity the Museum is greatly indebted. 



(41) Crocidura fischeri, Pag. 



Crocidura Jischeri, Pagenstecher, Jahrb. Wiss. Anst. Hamburg, p. 34 

 (1885). 



A pale grey-coloured species, with white extremities and 

 tail. 



Size medium, tail rather short. 



Colour above slaty grey washed with pale brown, near 

 "mouse- grey," rather darker than in smithi. Underparts 

 and extremities white. Tail fairly thick, whitish, a trifle 

 darker on the dorsal surface. 



Skull much larger than in the allied species, small upper 

 unicuspids crushed together almost as much as in smithi, 

 the anterior cusp of the large upper premolar partially 

 hiding the third upper unicuspid when viewed laterally, 

 second and third upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



