SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOLUME 65, NUMBER 13 



Descriptions of Seven New Subspecies and One 

 New Species of African Birds (Plantain- 

 Eater, Courser, and Rail) 



BY 



EDGAR A. MEARNS 



Associate in Zoology, United States National Museum 



(Publication 2378) 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



NOVEMBER 26, 1915 



