OLDFIELD THOMAS AND E. C. WEOUGHTON— MAMMALIA. 4S9 



[These little Bats inhabited chiefly the banana-plantations, and were found ou 

 Ruwenzori up to 6000 ft. — E. B. W.] 



18. PiPISTKELLUS PULCHEE Dobs. 



c? . 602. W. of Entebbe. 



[A single specimen obtained near Entebbe, the only example met with by the^ 

 Expedition. — R. B. W.] 



19. ScoTOPHiLUs NiGKiTA Schreb. 



5 in spirits. Between Mawambi and Avakubi, E. Congo Forest. 



Family Emballonueid.^. 



20. Taphozods PELi Temm. 



2 ? in spirits. Between Mawambi and Avakubi, E. Congo Forest. 



d . 158. Fort Beni, Semliki Valley. 3000 ft. 



[Vast numbers of these Bats were to be seen in the Congo Forest, but they were not 

 seen anywhere else. They hang up only in the trees and never in the houses. — 

 R. B. W.] 



21. Taphozous mauritianus E. Geoff. 

 d. 201. W. of Entebbe. 



6 . 320. Manyuna, Upper Congo (Douglas Carruthers). 



[A single specimen of this Bat was obtained in one of the rest-houses near Entebbe, 

 the only example I saw. — R. B. W.] 



[Ntctinomus AL0YSII-SABAUDIJ3 Festa. 



Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, xxii. no. 546, p. 1 (1907). 

 Discovered by the Duke of the Abruzzi. Forearm 51 mm. J 



Family S o R i c i D ^. 



22. Mtosorex blaeina Thos. (Plate XX.) 



S . 252. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori. 10,000 ft. 



1 in spirits. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori. 10,000 ft. 



A dark short-tailed species with the mole-like appearance of M. sclateri talpinus. 



Size rather less than in M. sclateri. Fur thick and mole-like ; hairs of back 

 about 8 mm. in length ; a number of interspersed longer hairs on the rump 

 attaining 12-13 mm. General colour blackish-brown, slightly iridescent, very much 

 as in M. s. talpinus; under surface scarcely lighter, more smoky brown than in 



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