PART I.] 



[JULY, 1876. 



A MONOGRAPH 



OP 



THE CINNYRID^E, 



OR 



FAMILY OF SUN-BIRDS. 



BY 



Captain G. E. SHELLEY, F.Z.S., F.R.G.S., &c, 



AUTHOB OP 'A HANDBOOK TO THE BIBDS OF EGYPT,' ETC. 



CONTENTS. 



Plates. 



Neodrepanis coruscans. 



Nectarinia famosa . 



JEthopyga dabryi. 

 -Cinnyris mariquensis. 



C. brasilianus. 



C. zeylonicus. 

 - C. gutturalis. 



C. amethystinus. 



Anthodiceta collaris. 

 ■ Promerops cafer. 



Descriptions. 

 Neodrepanis coruscans. 

 ~ Nectarinia famosa. 

 Urodrepanis Christines. 

 ■Cinnyris mariquensis. 

 C. bifasciatus. 

 C. osiris. 



C. microrhynchus. 

 C. zeylonicus. 

 C. gutturalis. 

 Anthodiceta collaris. 

 A. hypodila. 

 A. zambesiana. 

 A. rectirostris. 

 A. tephrolcema. 



LONDON: 



PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 



AT THE OFFICE OF 



THE BKITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, 



6 TENTERDEN STKEET, HANOVER SQUARE, W. 



