SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOLUME 61, NUMBER 14 



Descriptions of Five New African Weaver-Birds 



of the Genera Othyphantes, Hypargos, 



Aidemosyne, and Lagonosticta 



BY 



i EDGAR A. MEARNS 

 Associate in Zoology, U. S. National Museum 



(Publication 2241) 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



SEPTEMBER 20, 1913 



