564 Blr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



species, the c^eneral colour even darker than in the western 

 giffardi. Feet and tail dark blackish, very ranch as in 

 fuscosa ; caudal bristles longer and more conspicuous. 

 Sundevall describes the general colour as follows : — " Totuni 

 animalc uno colore tiuctura ; saturate castaneo fuscura vel 

 chocoladium, vel colore seminis-cofFcae ustae. Venter non 

 pallidior ; Cauda et pedes paullulum nigriores.'^ 



Skull long and rather narrow, smaller than that of gijTardi, 

 more as in maimi, but maxillary region not so expanded. 

 Teeth large, second and third unicuspids about equal in 

 size. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 140 mm. ; tail 52 ; hind foot 21. 



Skull : upper tooth-row 15"3; three lower molars 6*4. 



In the j\l useum Collection is a specimen of hedenhorgiann 

 from Roseires, on the Blue Nile ; the dimensions of this 

 individual are as follows : — 



Head and body 118 mm. ; tail 64 ; hind foot 20 4. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 33 ; greatest breadth 137 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 6*5 ; length of palate 14*8 ; post- 

 palatal length 14 ; gi'eatest maxillary breadth 10*5 ; length 

 of upper tooth-row 15*3. 



Hab. Sennaar. 



The very dark-coloured pelage and general dimensions of 

 this shrew render it easily distinguishable from the other 

 large East-African species. 



(12) Crocidura martiensseni, Neum. 



Croddura martiemseni, Neumann, Zool, Jahrb. Abth. Syst. vol. vi. 

 p. 544 (1900). 



A very large species, equal in size to manni,h\x.t considerably 

 darker in colour. 



Colour of dorsal surface rich chestnut-brown. LiJnnberg 

 describes it as between burnt umber no. 2 and no. 4 

 (Plate 304, * Rep. de Couleurs '). Ventral surface dark 

 greyish washed with brownish. 



Skull about equal in size to that of hedenhorgiana, slightly 

 narrower, and with rather smaller teeth. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 140 mm. ; tail 88 ; hind foot (c. u.) 24 ; 

 ear 9. 



Skull (dimensions of type-skull, published by Lonnberg) : 

 condylo-incisive length 33'3 ; greatest breadth 13'2 ; inter- 

 orbital breadth 5*9 ; length of upper tooth-row 15*1. 



Hab. Kilimanjaro and Usambara. 



