SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOLUME 61, NUMBER 9 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW AFRICAN 



WEAVER-BIRDS OF THE GENERA 



ESTRILDA AND GRANATINA 



BY 



EDGAR A. MEARNS 

 Associate in Zoology, U. S. National Museum 



(Publication 2236) 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



JULY 31, 1913 



