and aUicd East-A/iu'a)i Species. 335 



A'. Size of body ratlior sniftUer; L ngtli 

 of hi'iul ami buily about 140 nuu. 

 Gem-ral colour daikir, yellowish 

 olive mixed with black aiid ocbra- 



ceous. (Lado. ) (2) t.jebehc, Ilell. 



h. Lifrht underpaits sharply uiaiked off 



Iroui tiauks. (W. l{ahr-cl-Uliazal.) (3) t, ceiitralis, swhsf. n. 

 Vt. Tail bhortir than k'lijrlh of iu-ail and body. 

 it. Size of body larjre ; length of head and 

 body about 174 unn. ; average length 



of hiiid foot ."o nuu. (Egypt.) .... (5) niluticiis, Desui. 

 b. Size of body medium ; length of head 

 and body h ss than 170 mm., but more 

 than luo mm. 

 a'. Tail longer (14-'3 mm. in length). 



(Kaka, Soudan.) (4) lucfuosus, ?p. n. 



b\ Tail shorter, not exceeding 125 mm. 

 in length. 

 «•'. Dorsal stripe present. 



«'. Dorsal stripe well marked. 



Light patches behind ears 



well-defined. Length of hind 



foot 27 or 28 mm. 



fl*. General colour greyish olive. 



Backs of feet and toes 



greyish buff. (S.Abyssinia.) (G) abyssmicus. V\.\i\>-^. 

 b*. General colour dark "blacldsh 

 brown speckled with greyish 

 buff. Backs of feet dark 

 brown; toes black. (Guma, 



S. Abyssinia.) (") «• satta-afiu'^, subsp. n. 



l". Dorsal stripe very indistinct. 

 General colour ochraceous 

 olive. No light patches be- 

 hind ears. Average length of 



hind foot 30 mm. (Uganda.) (8) a. ruhescens, "Wrought. 

 b^. Dorsal stripe absent. 



a^. Size larger ; average length of 

 hind foot 29 mm. 

 a*. Ventral surface greyish, not 

 differentiated from the 

 brownish flanks. No light 

 buff-coloured stripe down 

 middle of belly. (Mumias 



and Elgon.) (9) a. nuhilans, Wrought. 



i'. Ventral surface greyish, 

 washed with bufiy white ; 

 line of demarcation between 

 whitish belly and dark 

 flanks. Pale bufl-coloured 

 stripe down middle of belly. 



(Guma, S. Abyssiuia.) (13) zajyhiri, sp. n. 



b^. Size smaller ; average length of 

 hind foot less than 28 mm. 

 rt'. Backs of hands and feet grey. 

 Ventral surface grey , washed 



