954 MR. w. E. DE wiNTON ON [Dec. 14, 



The collection consists of 64 specimens belonging to 13 genera 

 and 21 species, of vhich three are new to science. The primary 

 object of the expedition being birds, the collection of mammals is 

 very creditable, but it is to be regretted that, owing to want of 

 knowledge of what was rare, more persistent search was not made 

 when novelties were hit upon. The skins are well prepared and 

 most carefully labelled with data, 



1. PiPlSTBELLUS KUHLII (Watt.). 



Yesperiigo huhtii, auct. 



For the reason of change in the generic name of this Bat, see 

 Miller, Ann. Mag. IST. H. 1897, ser. 6, vol. xx. p. 383. 



Two specimens, taken at Eas el Ain, Province of Haha, 31° X., 

 22nd June, 1897. 



2. Mtotis mtotis (Bechst.). 

 Vespertilio murinus, auct., nee Linnaeus. 

 Por change of name, see Miller, loc. cit. 



Six specimens, all taken in a vault at Mekinez, 3rd April, 1897. 



3. Ckocidhra (Cr.) whitakeei, sp. n. 



Colour drab-grey above, white beneath : tail drab-grey above, 

 white beneath. Excepting the tail this animal agrees in colour 

 with Gr.Jischeri, Pagenstecher, Jahrb. d. Wissensch. Hamburg, 

 ii. 1884, p. 34, pi. fig. i. ; the size, however, is veiy much smaller. 



Type S (?)• Sierzet, about halfway between Morocco city and 

 Mogador, 5th June, 1897. Collector's measurements : — Head and 

 body 62 miUim. ; tail 28 ; hind foot 11, 



tSkull, base damaged : — End of nasals to back of parietals (middle 

 line) 13 millim. ; greatest breadth 7*7 ; interorbital constriction 

 3-5 ; front of incisors to back of auditory bullae 16 ; front of incisors 

 to back of palate S-3 ; tip of incisors to tip of large premolar 4-1 ; 

 outside '2^ 5-6 ; mandible, back of condyle to front of 172 8'5, height 

 at coronoid 4-3, 



Compared with G. crossei, Thos,, from Asaba on the R. Niger, 

 the new Shrew is smaller, the tail is much shorter in proportion, 

 and the underparts white ; the skull is smaller, the palate 

 narrower, and shorter in the basicranial portion ; the large upper 

 incisor is stronger, more rounded in front and not so abruptly 

 turned down. 



The hindermost of the two small unicuspid teeth, which is both 

 slightly shorter and smaller in cross-cut than the foremost, is 

 much crowded between this tooth and the large premolar ; whereas 

 in C. crossei the two small teeth are nearly of the same size, and 

 there is a clear space between the hindermost and the large pre- 

 molar and no crowding. 



With the exception of one species from Somaliland, C. nana, 

 Dobson, this is the smallest true Crocidura known, and is a most 

 interesting addition to the fauna of this region. 



