Field notes, v1430
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Collected Crocidura hirta (Peters Shrow) KM - 64107, 9 July 1938, 3330', Limelenga, Barotseland, N. Rhodesia, HB-93, Tl.-55, HF-15, Ear-10.5 a fawnry grey, slaty bases, grey below, tail about 2/3rds length of body. Crocidura hirta flavidula KM - 62107, 20 Feb 1919, Berea, Durban, "Chubb" c. E.C. HB-92 mm, Tl.-38, HF-16, Ear-7. a rusty brown, tail about 1/2 or less, length of body, pale grey below. Crocidura cyanea EX- KM- 661 ♀, 9 Sept. 1938, Citrusdal, Olifants River, N.W.C.P. Goldenhuis, HB-70, Tl.-44, HF-14, Ear 7.5. a small bluish grey shrew above and below, tail thin, about 1/2 length of body. Crocidura (c) EX- KM-11640 ♀, 9 July 1946, Likobula, ft. of Mlaziye Mt. Nyasaland, 2500'-3000', Shortridge, HB-70, Tl.-44, HF-14, Ear-10 dark brown cinnamon coloured shrew, grey below, scattered long hairs on tail, slender hairs. Crocidura (a) EX- KM-11612, ♀, 25 Sept. 1946, slopes of Chilo Mt. Nyasaland, 4000', Shortridge, HB-91, Tl.-57 HF-16.5, Ear 11 . Larger than Croc.(c) a dark brownish grey paler grey below or a sort of bluish grey.