r.^0 Mr. G. Dollinan oi the African Sliretos 



grey"), very difTereut from the slaty colour of the Angolan 

 species. Patches of the old worn coat^ which are still 

 retained in this Nyasa specimen, are very much more orange 

 in colour, about as in " tawny olive. ^' Undcrparts greyish 

 white, as in biculur, not as white as in iroofinami. Backs of 

 hands and feet rather darker, especially on their outer sides. 

 Tail about equal in length and siniilar in colouring. 



bkuU badly broken, only the muzzle remaining intact. 

 Upper unicuspids rather larger than in bicoloi; the third 

 rather longer than the second. 



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



Head ami body (stretclicd) 67 mm, ; tail 43 ; hmd foot 11. 



Skull : length from front of upper incisors to back of 

 large premohir 5 mm. 



Hab. Nyasaland. Altitude 4010 feet. 



Type. Adult. B.M. no. 0. 7. 31. 1. Original number 4. 

 Collected on ^lay 18th, 1900, by J. Henderson, Esq., and 

 presented by him to the National Collection. 



(107) Crocidurn bicolor cuninghamei, Thos. 



CrociJura cuitlnyltmnei, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vol. xiv. 

 !>. 240 (1904). 



A slate-brown coloured race of bicoloi', with duller undcr- 

 parts and a rather Hatter skull. 



Size as in bicolor. Fur quite short, hairs on back 2-3 mm. 

 in length. 



Colour dark slaty grey washed over with brown, the 

 general efTect as in "sepia'' speckled with "neutral grey," 

 considerably less brown than in allex or alpina. Belly 

 dull grey, not sharply marked off from the browner upper 

 parts. Backs of hands and feet whitish. Tail finely haired, 

 brown above, dull white below ; bristle-hairs numerous, but 

 very inconspicuous. 



Skull small, brain-case rather flatter than bicolor and con- 

 siderably more so than in allex or alpina, and more parallel- 

 sided. Teeth much as in bicolor, the third upper unicuspid 

 overlapping the second to a rather greater extent. 



Dimensions of the type and tw o other specimens : — 



