526 On the African Slireios helongiug to Crociduia. 



(8) Crocidura schweitzen, Pet. 



Crocidura schwcitzeri, Peters, MB. Ak.ad. "Wiss. Berlin, p. 187 (1877). 

 Crocidura stampjiii, Jeut. Notes Leyd. Mus. x. p. 47 (1887). 



Size rather less than in occidentalis. 



Peters, iu his preliuiiuary diaguosis, describes this form as 

 follows : — 



" Cr. ciunamomeo-fusca, subtus pallidior, pilis basi sehis- 

 taceis ; cauda tetragoua, setis longioribus in parte basali 



Iu the Museum Collection are three specimens from 

 Sierra Leone, which agree fairly closely with Peters's de- 

 scription ; the upper parts dull brownish or brownish 

 cinnamon and the belly greyish or grey washed with brown, 

 the latter being the older pelage, the condition described by 

 Jentink for his stampjiii, a form I am unable to distinguish 

 from schwcitzeri. Backs of hands and feet brownish Avhite. 

 Tail rather short, brownish above, lighter below ; bristle- 

 hairs light iu colour and fairly numerotis. 



Dimensions (as given by Peters) : — 



Head and bodv 90 mm.; tail 53; hind foot (c. u.) 15; 

 ear 10. 



Length of upper tooth-row 10'3. 



Hab. Liberia. 



Dimensions of two specimens from Sierra Leone : — 



Head and body 95, 85 mm. ; tail 56, 48; hind foot 15, 

 15*5 ; ear 11, 10. 



The dimensions of stampjiii are very similar to those given 

 by Peters : — 



Head and body 94, 79 mm. ; tail GO, 47 ; hind foot 15, 

 15; ear 10, 85. 



The colour-difference is only such as might be due to 

 the general darkening of the ventral surface, owing to the 

 hair-tips becoming tinged with brown, as is so often the 

 case in the worn pelage in this genus. 



(9) Crocidura buttikofcri, Jcnt. 



Crocidura bUttikoferi, Jentink, N'otes Leyd, Mus. vol. x. p. 47 

 (1887). 



Allied to schwcitzeri, Erom which form it is distinguished 

 by its much shorter tail. 



Size of body rather less than in schwcitzeri. 



Jentink describes the colour as follows : — " Upper parts 

 of the body brownish black coloured and the underparts 



