132 IMr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



Average mcasurcraents of ten topotypes : — 



Head and bodv 99 (89-110) mm. ; tail GO (56-65) ; hind 

 foot (c. u.) 17 (16-5-18). 



Skull of t^'pe : condylo-iueisive length 24*3 ; greatest 

 breadth 104; maxillary breadth 7*4; length of upper 

 tooth-row 10'65. 



A specimen in the Museum Collection from the Amala 

 River has the following cranial dimensions: — Condylo- 

 incisive length 21-7 mm. ; greatest breadth 10-2 ; least 

 interorbital breadth 5-1; length of palate 103 ; postpalatal 

 length 10*9 ; greatest maxillary breadth 7'5 ; length of 

 upper tooth-row 10"7. 



Hab. Nairobi, British East Africa. 



Type. Adult male. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. no. 16929. 



The darker colour and longer tail readily separate this 

 East-African form from the Rhodesian turba. 



(47) Crocidura turba lakiundee, Hell. 



Crocidura ttirba Inliiundce, Heller, Suiitli. Misc. Coll. vol. Ix. no. 12, 

 p. 6 (1912). 



General proportions as in zaodun, but browner in colour. 



Tail longer than in turba or provocax, equalling that of 

 zuodon. 



General colour of dorsal surface uniform vandyke-brown, 

 underparts but slightly lighter, brownish, not grey. Tail 

 and feet as in zaodon. 



Skull slightly shorter than that of -raof/o;?, smaller than in 

 the average ^;royofff<r. 



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



Head and body 95 mm. ; tail 57 ; hind foot 15"5. 



Skull : condylo-ineisive length 22 ; greatest breadth 10 ; 

 length of upper tooth-row 10*4. 



Hab. Laldundu River, near its junction with the Northern 

 Guaso Nviro, British East Africa. 



Tyjie. Adult female. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 181816. 



In the ^luseum Collection are three specimens which 

 probably represent this race, one from the Northern Guaso 

 Nyiro in the unbleached pelage and two from the Jombeni 

 Range (Nyeri District, B.E.A.) in the old reddish-brown 

 coat. The skin-dimensions of these three specimens are 

 recorded as follows : — 



2- , . 2. . 2- . 



N. Guaso Njiio. Jombeni. Jombeni. 

 mm. mm. mm. 



Head and body .... 87 88 86 



Tail : 5.5 50 63 



Hind lout'. 15-5 14 15 



