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parts along lliinks. Hands and feet wliite above. Tail nljovo 

 concolorous with back, white below. 



Skull essentially as in hutleri. 



Dimensions of type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 88 mm. ; tail 43 ; hind foot 14 ; ear 12. 



Skull : coiidylo-incisive length 23*3 ; breadth of brain-case 9*8 ; 

 least inter'orbital width 4'2 ; tooth-row *,j'8. 



Hah. as aljove. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. No. 23. 1. 1.61. Original ^^o. 928. 

 Collected Sept. 21, 1921, at Kulme, Wadi Aribo. 3800'. 



This species is sufficiently distinguished from C. hullerl by its 

 normal tnil and sojiiewhat colder colour. 



17. OrOCIDURA MA RITA, sp. n. 



$ . (573. S.E. Downs, Jebel Marra. 8650'. 



A very small Shrew, related to nana and relu/iosa. Fur 

 moderately long, hair of back measuring 3-4 mm, in length. 



Colour of dorsal surface dark olivaceous grey; underparts 

 greyish white ; without an)'' hard flank-line of demarcation. 

 Hands and feet whitish. Tall indistinctly bicolor, dusky above, 

 whitish below. 



" Skull flattened. Second and third unicuspids about equal in 

 size. 



Dimensions (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 56*5 mm, ; tail 38 ; hind foot 10*5 ; ear 7"5. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 16*6; breadth of brain-case 7*5 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 3'4; tooth-row 7*3. 



Ilab. as above. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. No. 23. 1. 1. 63. Original No. 673. 

 Collected April 21, 1921. S.E. Downs, Jebel Marra, altitudci 

 8650'. 



18. Felis ocreata Gmel. 



d . 450. El Faslier. 



d . 1062. 35 miles N. of El Fasher. 



2 . 655. Foot-hills, S. Jobel Marra. 4000'. 



" Lives in company with Fennec Fox. Said to be rare and 

 local, living in colonies like rabljits." 



19. Felis SERVAL iSchr. 



2 . 855. Kulme, Wadi Aribo, 3300'. 

 " Native name Git." 



20. Herpestes SANGUINEUS Riipp. 



d. 1141. El Fasher. 

 6 . 1061. 35 miles N. of El Fasher, 

 . cJ. 607,611. $.610,974,1019. JebelMarra. 7100-8000'. 

 2 . 758, 759, 762. Kulme, Wadi Aribo. 3300' 



