374 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



palatal length 10'9 ; greatest maxillary breadth 8 ; length 

 of upper tooth-row 11. 



The pale slate-grey pelage and larger cranial dimensions 

 render this species quite distinct from fumosa. 



Group 16 (jacksoni). 



Size fairly small. Colour above greyish or dark brown. Third upper 

 unicuspids broader or almost the same size as second. 



(85) Crocidura parvipes, Osg. 



Crocidura parvipes, Osgood, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Publication 143 

 (Zool. Ser.), vol. x. no. 3, p. 19 (1910). 



A medium small-sized brownish-fawn coloured species, 

 with whitish uuderparts and short tail. 



Size of body about as in lutreola ; hind foot small. 



Colour above brownish fawn speckled with drab-grey ; 

 ventral surface white tinged with creamy, the bases of the 

 hairs slate-grey ; line of demarcation between the brown 

 upper parts and the white of the belly sharp. Feet whitish. 

 Tail brownish above, whitish below. 



Skull about equal in size to that of jacksoni amala, larger 

 than in bicolor, third upper unicuspid slightly larger than 

 second, but appearing smaller in lateral view, since its 

 posterior third is hidden by the anterior cusp of the large 

 premolar. 



Dimensions of the type (as given by Osgood) : — 



Head and body 84 mm. ; tail 38 ; hind foot 11*5. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 20'7 ; greatest breadth 9-5 ; 

 greatest maxillary breadth 7*1 ; length of upper tooth-row 8*7. 



Hab. Voi, British East Africa. 



Type. Adult male. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. no. 16890. 



In general dimensions this species would appear to be 

 nearest sansibarica, but the ventral surface is considerably 

 paler and whiter. 



(86) Crocidura sansibarica, Neum. 



Crocidura bicolor sansibarica, Neumann, Zool. Jahrb. Abth. Syst. 

 vol. vi. p. 544 (1900). 



Size of body larger than in bicolor. 



Colour above brown washed with cinnamon, below 

 greyish brown. 



Dimensions of the type (as given by Neumann) : — 

 Head and body 86 mm. ; tail 40. 

 Hab. Mojoni, Zanzibar Island. 



