

PART VI.] 



[JANUARY, 1878. 



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



CONTENTS. 



Plates. 



Urodrepanis Christina. ^or M^VpL/ 

 • Cinnyris jugularis. 

 - C. pectoralis. 



Anthreptes simplex. 



ASthopyga nicobarica. 

 -AS. saturdta. 



AS. sanguinipectus . 



AS. cara. 



Arachnothera longirostra. 



Anthreptes malaccensis . 





wnM^a. 





Descriptions. 

 — ASthopyga saturata. 

 - AS. sanguinipectus. 

 • AS. nipalensis. 

 ■ AS. horsfieldi. 

 AS. siparaja. 

 AS. cara. 

 — Arachnothera longirostra. 

 ~ Anthreptes rhodolama. 



■A. malaccensis. 

 —A. celebensis. 

 ■A. chlorigastra. 



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AT THE OFFICE OF 



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