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PART rv.j 



'MAY, 1877. 



A MONOGRAPH 



OF 



THE CINNYRID.E, 



OR 



FAMILY OF SUN-BIRDS. 



BY 



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



AUTHOR OP 'A HANDBOOK TO THE BIRDS OF EGYPT,' ETC. 



CONTENTS. 



Plates. 

 Cinnyris bifasciatus. 

 C. bouvieri. 

 C. speratus. 

 C. minimus. 

 Chalcostetha insignis. 

 Cinnyris asiaticus. 

 C. porphyrohemus . 

 C. sangirensis. 

 C. rhizophorcE. 

 C. andamanicus. 

 Nectarinia tacazze. 



Descriptions. 

 Cinnyris hasselti. 

 ~"G. speratus. 

 Anthreptes simplex. 

 Cinnyris minimus. 

 ~ C. reichenbachii. 

 ~ JEthopyga gouldiee. 

 AS. flavostriata. 

 Eudrepanis duyvenbodei. 

 Chalcostetha insignis. 

 ■ Cinnyris asiaticus. 

 - C. grayi. 

 C. porphyrolcemus. 



LONDON: 



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AT THE OFFICE OF 



THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, 



6 TENTERDEN STREET, HANOVER SQUARE, W. 



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[Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 



