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woolly covering of its hind limbs and its remarkably narrow 

 molars. 



The occurrence of a fruit-but at such an altitude as 13,000' 

 is very noteworthy. 



2. Crocidura niobe, sp. n. 



General proportions of C. maurisca, Thos., with which it 

 shares the unusual character of the almost entire absence of 

 long bristles on the fail. Fur about 5 mm. long on the back. 

 General colour dark bhickisli grey ("blackish slate'"), with 

 indistinct silvery mottling. Under surface scarcely lighter, 

 the tips of the hairs brown. Hands and feet pale brown ; 

 fore claws rather smaller tiian hind. Tail long, slender, not 

 incrassated, practically without longer bristles — a few present 

 on the base only; uniformly blackish above and below. 



Skull normal in build, without the peculiar delicacy of that 

 of C. maurisca ; the brain-case low, the muzzle stout and 

 conical. Teeth as usual, the unicuspids broader than long, 

 very unlike the narrow slender teeth of C. maurisca. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body 68 mm. ; tail 63 ; iiind foot 13 ; ear 10. 



Skull : greatest lengtii (including incisors) 20 ; greatest 

 breadth 9*1 ; length of upper tooth-row 8*2. 



Hab. Ruwenzori East, 6000'. Another from 7000'. 



T^pe. Female. B.M. no. 6. 7. 1. 32. Original number 618. 

 Collected 10th January, 1906, by R. B. Woosnam. Three 

 specimens. 



This shrew may be readily distinguished from C. maurisca^ 

 the only species with its proportions and tail-characters, by 

 its more plumbeous colour and its broader skull and teeth. 



3. Crocidura fumosa montis, subsp. n. 



Size and other essential characters as in the C. fumosa of 

 Mount Kenya, but the fur longer (hairs of back 7'0-7"5 mm.) 

 and the general colour a dark plumbeous grey, without the 

 distinct brownish tone so marked in true fumosa. The ends 

 of the hairs blackish, with a silvery subterminal ring. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body 77 mm.; tail 61 ; hind foot 15; ear 11. 



Skull : greatest length (including incisors) 22 ; greatest 

 breadth 10. 



Altitude 12,500'. 



Ti/jye. Female. B.M. no. G. 7. 1. 28. Original number 78. 

 Collected 16th Feb., 1906, by K. E. Dent. Tliree specimens, 

 all from about the same altitude. 



