240 On Shrews from British East Africa. 



slender bristleless tail, delicate skull, and small teeth. It is 

 the species of those now described most like C. gracilipes^ 

 Peters, but that animal is said to have the posterior claws 

 smaller than the anterior ones, and appears to differ in other 

 details. 



Crocidura Hildegardtce, sp. n. 



Size comparatively small, form slender and delicate. Fur 

 close and fine; hairs of back about 3'3-3'5 mm. in length. 

 General colour above dull brown (approaching Prout's brown), 

 rather greyer and lighter below. Upper surface of hands and 

 feet pale brown. Lateral gland small, its hairs dull whitish. 

 Tail slender_, cylindrical, well provided with bristle-hairs, its 

 colour brown above, rather paler below. 



Skull of normal proportions. Teeth very light and delicate ; 

 main cusp of anterior incisor slender. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) : — 



Head and body (stretched) 78 mm.; tail 50; hind foot 

 12-5. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 19*6 ; greatest breadth 9 ; 

 upper tooth-row 8 ; i^ to p^ 4-1. 



Two spirit-specimens (male and female) measure : — 



Head and body 62 and 61 mm. ; tail 49 and 47 ; hind foot 

 12-7 and 12-4. 



Hah. Fort Hall, Kenya District. Alt. 1300 m. 



Ttjpe. Probably male. B.M. no. 3. 2. 27. Original 

 number 118. Collected 23 October, 1902, and presented by 

 Dr. S. L. Hinde. One skin, besides two spirit-specimens 

 obtained and presented by P. Meinertzhagen, Esq. 



The small size and brown colour of this shrew will dis- 

 tinguish it from any species hitherto described. 



The species is named in honour of Mrs. Hinde, the actual 

 collector of a large proportion of the specimens presented in 

 her husband's name. 



Crocidura Cuninghamei, sp. n. 



Size very small. Fur fine and velvety; hairs of back about 

 2'8 mm. in length. General colour above dark slaty grey, 

 a rather browner tone on the posterior back. Undersurface 

 pale drab-grey, not sharply defined. Upper surface of hands 

 and feet dull whitish ; fore and hind claws subequal. Lateral 

 gland fairly large, its hairs grey. Tail rather long, well pro- 

 vided with bristle-hairs, which are black basally and white 

 terminally ; its ground-colour brown above, dull whitish 

 below. 



Skull smaller than in any of the previous species, though 

 nevertheless larger than in the little Somali C. Bottegi, Thos. 



