SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOLUME 56, NUMBER 25 



DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVEN NEW AFRICAN 



GRASS-WARBLERS OF THE 



GENUS CISTICOLA 



BY 

 EDGAR A. MEARNS 



Associate in Zoology, U. S. National Museum 



(Publication 2056) 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



NOVEMBER 23, 1911 



