510 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



bleached condition the coat is dull cinnamon-brown. Ventral 

 surface distinctly lighter, more silvery. Hands and. feet as 

 in the Fort Hall form. Tail more thickly haired, and very 

 much lighter below, ventral surface pure white. 



Skull and teeth as in hildegardece. 



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



Head and body 73 mm. ; tail 45 ; hind foot 14' 5 ; ear 9. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 19*1 ; greatest breadth 8'6 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 4'3 ; length of palate 7'6 ; 

 greatest maxillary breadth 6 ; median depth of brain-case 4 - 9 ; 

 length of upper tooth-row 83. 



Hab. Kigezi, S.W. Uganda. Altitude 6000 feet. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 11.12.3.54. Original 

 number 2035. Collected on April 25th, 1911, by Mr. Robin 

 Kemp. 



The only other specimen of this form obtained by Mr. Kemp 

 is immature, being rather greyer in colour, but possessing a 

 very similarly coloured tail, the hairs on the ventral surface 

 being pure white. From procera this Uganda race may be 

 distinguished by its rather darker coloration, smaller skull 

 and teeth, and the white underside of the tail. The lighter 

 and more silvery underparts and pure white hairs on the 

 ventral surface of the tail separate this form from true 

 hildegardece. 



(98) Crocidura hildegardece altce, Hell. 



Crocidura hildegardece nltce, Heller, Smith. Misc. Coll. vol. lx. no. 12, 

 p. 9 (1912). 



Related to hildegardece, but darker in colour and with 

 longer tail. 



Size of hind foot a trifle larger. 



Colour of upper surface vandyke-brown, the brown tint 

 merging imperceptibly on the flanks into the slightly lighter 

 drab-coloured underparts. Backs of hands aud feet drab. 

 Tail long, uniform dark brown, only slightly lighter on 

 underside basally. 



Skull about equal in size to that of hildegardece, teeth 

 slightly larger. 



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



Head and body 74 mm. ; tail 62 ; hind foot 13'5. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 19*8 ; greatest breadth 9*2 ; 

 length of upper tooth-row 8*7. 



