508 Mr. G. Doll man on the African Shrews 



rather paler below ; bristle-hairs grey or light brown, very 

 inconspicuous. 



Skull rather smaller than in jacksoni, with smaller and 

 much flatter brain-case ; muzzle and maxillary region con- 

 siderably narrower. Teeth smaller, second and third upper 

 unicuspids about equal in size, heart-shaped in section, the 

 third slightly overlapping the internal posterior angle of 

 the second. Compared with gracilipes the skull is smaller 

 and flatter, with smaller teeth. 



Dimensions of the type (measured from dry skin) : — 



Head and body 78 mm. (stretched) ; tail 50 ; hind foot 

 125. 



Skull of type and ? from Elgon : condylo-incisive length 

 19 - 6, 19"4 ; greatest breadth 9, 8*7 ; least interorbital 

 breadth 4'3, 43 ; length of palate 8 - 3, 7*8 ; postpalatal 

 length 9, 9; greatest maxillary breadth 5'9, 6 ; median 

 depth of brain-case 4*6, 4"8 ; length of upper tooth-row 

 8-2, 8. 



Dimensions of two topotypes (preserved in spirit) and 

 two specimens from Mt. Elgon (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body. Tail. Hind foot, 



rum. mm. mm. 



J. Fort Hall 62 47 127 



?. „ „ 61 47 12-4 



S. Mt. Elgon 70 — 12 



$• „ , 67 45 12 



Hub. Fort Hall, Kenia Distiict, British East Afiica. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 3. 3. 2. 7. 



The small series of skins in the collection shows that 

 there is a certain amount of colour-change clue to bleaching, 

 the new pelage being rather darker and browner than the 

 old worn fur. 



Externally this shrew is distinguished from jacksoni by 

 its brighter, more cinnamon-coloured coat, slender, almost 

 hairless tail, and its lighter uuderparts. From gracilipes it 

 may be distinguished by its rather smaller and flatter skull 

 and smaller teeth. 



(96) Crocidura hildegardea procera, Hell. 



( hildeqardece procera, Heller, Smith. Misc. C 

 p. 10 (1912). 



Size of body much as in hildegardea, with lighter grey 



Crocidura hildeqardece procera, Heller, Smith. Misc. Coll. vol. lx. 

 no. 12, p. 10 (1912). 



