59.9,33(67.5) 



Article XXXV.— SHREWS COLLECTED BY THE CONGO EXPE- 

 DITION OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM. 1 



By N. Hollister. 



Plates VII-XI. 



The shrews collected by Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin on the 

 American Museum Congo Expedition number 177 specimens, of 15 species 

 and 3 genera. Almost one half of the species are new. This is not alto- 

 gether surprising when it is considered how few shrews have been described 

 from the Congo as compared with other parts of Africa. It nevertheless 

 seems remarkable that five of these new species should be members of the 

 small group of "naked-tailed" Crocidura of which only about ten forms were 

 heretofore known. Five forms of Crocidura which have been recorded 

 from the general region are not represented in this collection. These are 

 Crocidura turba turba Dollman, C. t. tarella Dollman, C. poensis attila Doll- 

 man, C. boydi Dollman, and C. nigrofusca Matschie. Races of C. hilde- 

 gardem and C. fumosa, as well as representatives of several west coast 

 species also might reasonably be expected. 



Owing to their damaged condition, immaturity, or other circumstances, 

 five specimens in the collection are not determinable and are not listed in 

 the present paper. 



Of the localities listed below, Garamba, Faradje, Niangara, and Nala 

 are in the L'elle drainage. Medje, Gamangui, Bafwabaka, Babeyru, 

 Ngayu, and Avakubi are in the Ituri valley. Lubila is situated on a branch 

 of the Tshopo, in the Stanley Falls district. 



1. Crocidura nyansse kivu Osgood. 



Plate X, Fig. 1. 



1910. Crocidura flavescens kivu Osgood, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, Vol. 5, 

 p. 370. April. (Lake Kivu, Congo.) 



Three specimens, including one in alcohol, from Avakubi; one specimen 

 from Gamangui; and sixteen, including one in alcohol and one odd skull, 

 from Medje. 



Most of the skins in this series are in a pale, worn, and faded condition, 



1 Scientific Results of the Congo Expedition, Mammalogy, No. 1. 

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