94 Short Notices of OrnithoJogical Publications. 



Ill 1872 Shelley published his '' Handbook to the Birds 

 o£ Egypt/ and in 1880 his handsome ' Monograph of the 

 Nectarinii(la», or Family of Sun-birds,' illustrated by coloured 

 plates by Keulemans. In this work he had the assistance of 

 Dr. Bowdler Sharpe and the collection of Sun-birds of the 

 Marquis of Tweeddale. 



Captain Shelley was a good shot, and was truly happy 

 when out collecting specimens. 



In 1896 Shelley published the first volume of his ' Birds 

 of Africa,' the first part of vol. v. appearing ten years later. 

 This was the last work from his pen, as shortly after its 

 completion a sudden stroke of paralysis brought his labours 

 to a close. 



Captain Shelley possessed great natural abilities and a 

 Avonderful memory, which, with a painstaking habit and 

 literary excellence, made him resemble his famous uncle. 



He married in 1889 Janet, daughter of Mr. E. Andrewes, 

 and had two sons and a daughter. 



Capt. Shelley contributed many papers to ' The Ibis ' from 

 1870 to 1901, and to the ' Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society ' from 1879 to 1889. 



Of course Shelley's name is indelibly stamped on South 

 African Ornithology, by the birds which bear his name, 

 either in the sjjecific name or the " authority.^' It is much 

 to be regretted that he did not survive long enough to 

 complete his enormous work on the birds of Africa men- 

 tioned above. [From ' The Ibis/ April 1911.] 



XIV. — Short 2sot'ices of Ondlhohhiical PiibVicatious. 



5. The Jovrnal of the Ead Africa and Lyanda Natural 

 Jlistor// Societf/, vol. i. no. '2. 



The second numljcr of this new Journal gives us a con- 

 tinuation of Mr. F. J. Jackson's articles on the (Tame-birds 

 of East Africa and Ugan(hi (ride .loiirn. S.A.O.U. vii. p. 51). 

 In the ])rcscnt jiapcr the autlioi- deals witli the Quails. Guinea- 



