OLDPIELD THOMAS AND E. 0. WEOUGHTON— MAMMALIA. 49o 



Size much less than in the other Ruwenzoii species, S. lunaris ; about the same as 

 in the Nyasan S. sorella. Fur very long ; hairs of back over 7 mm. in length. 

 General colour dark slaty-grey above, little paler below, but as the only specimen is in 

 spirits, the tones cannot be described with accuracy. Hands and feet pale brown, the 

 digits rather lighter. Tail almost as long as the head and body, finely haired, brown 

 above, rather paler below. 



Skull short, broad, and rounded, not unlike that of S. sorella, but with a broader 

 flatter brain-case and an even shorter muzzle. Teeth practically as in S. sorella, the 

 second and third upper unicuspids rather more nearly subequal. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 55 mm. ; tail 54 ; hind foot lo'l. 



Skull: condylo-basal length 17; breadth across palate 5'3 ; breadth across brain- 

 case 8'9 ; front of i^ to back of rti^ 6"4 ; length of lower tooth-row 7. 



Type. Adult male in spirits. B.M. no. 6.12.4.85. Collected 9th April, 1906, by 

 Mr. E. E. Dent. 



This species is of the intermediate size found in S. sorella, being markedly smaller 

 than S. lunaris and 8. morio, and equally larger than the pigmy S. johnstoni. From 

 S. sorella it is at once distinguished by its far shorter tail. 



Named in honour of Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, by whom the liuwenzori Expedition 

 was organised. 



[This little Shrew was caught in some swampy ground at the foot of a steep cliff 

 at 10,000 ft. It was the only example obtained. — K. B. W.] 



Family Chetsochlorid.e. 



31. Chetsochloris stuhlmanni Matsch. 



^ . 285, 644, 663. $ . 275. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori. 7000-10,000 ft. 



S . 162. Butagu Valley, W. Ruwenzori. 7000 ft. 



[Golden Moles were not at all common on Ruwenzori. They were found as liigh 

 as 10,000 ft., at which altitude one was trapped in some very swampy ground. The 

 natives distinguished it from a Mouse and called it " Mbumahume." — R. B. W.] 



Family F e L i d ^. 

 [Felis pakdus EDWEKZOKii Camerano. 



Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino^ xxi. No. 343, p. 1 (1906). 

 Obtained by the Duke of the Abruzzi.] 



32. Felis chetsotheix cottonx Lyd. 



o . Avakubi, E. Congo Forest. 3000 ft. 

 [A flat skin obtained from a native. — E. B. W.] 



