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SOMALILAND 
CHIEOPTERA (Bats). 
Among the bats tne following are to be found : 
The Horseshoe Bat (Bhinolophus antinorii). 
Tail long ; four incisors below, and two very small ones above ; the mem- 
branes of the nose present the figure of a horseshoe. 
{Hipposiclems euryale.) 
Nose-leaf False Vampire {Megadema frons). 
Known by the great height of the nasal leaf, which is oval, and nearly as 
large as the head, and the length of the tragus of the ear. 
{Coleura afm.) 
{Scotophilus nigrita.) 
Schreiber’s Bat {Miniopterus schreihersi). 
This bat has the crown of the head above the face greatly elevated, and is 
distinguished by the presence of a gap in the middle line between the first 
pair of incisor teeth, and by a second gap between the second incisor and 
the tusk (Lydekkee). 
( Vesperugo mimihis. ) 
The Egyptian Nycteris {Nyderis thehaica). 
Ears large ; nostrils simple ; forehead furrowed by a longitudinal groove ; 
four incisors above, and six below. 
{Nychrinomus pumilus. ) 
INSECTIVORA (The Insect-eaters). 
Jumping Shrew. 
Revoil’s J umping Shrew (Macroscelides revoilii). 
Collected at Lehello (4,500 feet), sixty-five miles south of Berbera, and seen 
at Sinnadogho, Marehan country, south-east. 
Fur gray ; belly white ; fairly long pointed snout. 
The specimen I collected at Lehello was not fully adult (Ij inches long), 
having the milk-teeth still in place. 
Musk Shrews. 
Musk Shrew {Ci ‘ocidum nana). 
Collected at Eik (4,500 feet), July 4. 
The Thick-tailed Musk Shrew vcidum crassicauda). 
Colour entirely ash gray, slightly washed with drab ; beneath, silver gray ; 
tail very thick at base ; head and body (c.) 140 ; tail (c.) 70 ; hind-foot 
(c.) 20. 
Somali Musk Shrew (Crocidura somalica). 
Webbi Shebeyli. 
General colour above slaty gray, more or less variegated with brown ; belly 
clear gray ; chin white ; ears whitish-gray, finely haired ; hands and feet 
white ; tail fairly long, slender and not markedly incrassated, but yet 
thicker at its base, whence it evenly tapers to the tip ; pale brown above, 
white below, the bristles white; head and body (c.) 55; tail 39; hind- 
foot 11*2 (Thomas). 
