132 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



Average measurements of ten topotypes : — 



Head and body 99 (89-110) mm. ; tail 60 (56-65) ; hind 

 foot (c. u.) 17 (16-5-18). 



Skull of type : condylo-incisive length 24*3 ; greatest 

 breadth 10-4; maxillary breadth 7*4; length of upper 

 tooth-row 10'65. 



A specimen in the Museum Collection from the Amala 

 River has the following cranial dimensions : — Condylo- 

 incisive length 24*7 mm. ; greatest breadth 10'2 ; least 

 interorbital breadth 5*1; length of palate 10 - 3 ; postpalatal 

 length 10*9 ; greatest maxillary breadth 7'5 ; length of 

 upper tooth-row 10"7. 



Hab. Nairobi, British East Africa. 



Type. Adult male. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. no. 16929. 



The darker colour and longer tail readily separate this 

 East-African form from the Rhodesian turba. 



(47) Crocidura turba lakiundce, Hell. 



Crocidura turba lakiundce, Heller, Smith. Misc. Coll. vol. lx. no. 12, 

 p. 6(1912). 



General proportions as in zaodon, but browner in colour. 



Tail longer than in turba or provocax, equalling that of 

 zaodon. 



General colour of dorsal surface uniform vandyke-brown, 

 underparts but slightly lighter, brownish, not grey. Tail 

 and feet as in zaodon. 



Skull slightly shorter than that of zaodon, smaller than in 

 the average provocax. 



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



Head and body 95 mm. ; tail 57 ; hind foot 15 - 5. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 22 ; greatest breadth 10 ; 

 length of upper tooth-row 10"4. 



Hab. Lakiundu River, near its junction with the Northern 

 Guaso Nyiro, British East Africa. 



Type. Adult female. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 181816. 



In the Museum Collection are three specimens which 



probably represent this race, one from the Northern Guaso 



Nyiro in the unbleached pelage and two from the Jombeni 



Range (Nyeri District, B.E.A.) in the old reddish-brown 



coat. The skin-dimensions of these three specimens are 



recorded as follows : — 



?• . 2- 2- 



N. Guaso Nyiro. Jombeni. Jombeni. 



mm. mm. mm. 



Head and bodv .... 87 88 86 



Tail 55 50 63 



Hind loot 15-5 14 15 



