566 



Iilr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



Colour oE dorsal surface browner than in flavescens (near 

 " Saccardo's umber "), flanks rather paler; the brownish 

 tint of the upper parts gradually passes into the dirty greyish 

 brown of the belly, thei'e being no sharp line of demarcation 

 such as is found in the South-African species and doriana. 

 Underparts slaty grey washed with either brown or dirty 

 buff, the effect very conspicuously different from the cold 

 grey-tinted belly of flavescens. Backs of hands and feet 

 brown, usually about the same colour as the back or a little 

 lighter. Tail brownish or brownish black above and below ; 

 in flavescens the tail is distinctly bicoloured, the ventral 

 surface beiug markedly paler than the upperside. 



Skull smaller than in manni, odorata, or hedenborgiana, 

 about equal to that of spun-elli, but with a rather higher 

 brain-case, the anterior portion not being depressed. Teeth 

 a little larger; small upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



Dimensions (as given by Neumann) : — 



Head and body 140 mm. ; tail 66 ; hind foot 20. 



Dimensions of a series of specimens in the Museum 

 Collection (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body. Tail, 

 mm. mm. 



Entebl3e 140 



Mumias 120 



115 



120 



129 



124 



120 



3^22 



Elgon 



Toro 



80 



78 

 80 

 79 

 76 

 77 

 91 



Hind foot, 

 mm. 

 20 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 18 

 18 

 20 



Skull-dimensions of six adults : — 



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Elgon. Elgon. Elgon. Entebbe. 



mm. mm. mm. mm. 



Condvlo-incisive lengtli 32-5 305 30-6 30 



Greatest breadtb 13-2 123 12-2 12-6 



Least interorbital breadth .... 5*8 5-5 5'8 5-6 



Length of palate 14 13-2 13-3 13-4 



Postpalatal length 14-4 13-3 13-2 12 7 



Greatest maxillary breadth ... . 10 9-8 9-9 9-2 



Median depth of brain-case ... . 7 6-8 6'9 6*7 



Length of upper tooth-row .... 14"4 13'9 13*8 13'5 



Ear. 

 mm. 



ii 



8 



9 

 11 

 12 



8 

 12 



^ 2- 2. 



Entebbe. Mumias. 

 mm. 



30-5 

 12-8 



5-4 

 13-6 

 12-7 



9-9 



7 

 13-8 



mm. 

 30-5 

 12-3 



5-6 

 13-4 

 13 



9-4 



7 

 13-5 



Such variation as exists in these dimensions VFOuld appear 

 to be individual rather than sexual. 



Hah. Ussoga, near exit of Nile from the Victoria Nyanza. 



This form was originally described by Neumann as a race 

 of the South African flavescens ; on account of the great 



