



PARTS VII. & VIII.] 



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



CONTENTS. 



Pla 



Urodrepanis Christina. 



Anthrobaphes violacea. 

 - Cinnyris grayi. 



Arachnoraphis crassirostris.- 



Anthreptes rhodolama. 

 :A. malaccensis. 



A. celebensis. 



A. chlorigastra. 



A. singalensis. 



Nectarinia pulchella. 



Arachnothera magna. 



A. aurata. 



Descblptions. 



Arachnothera modest a. 



A. affinis. 

 ■Cinnyris julia. 



Hedydipna metallica. 

 • Cinnyris habessinicus. 

 C cruentatus. 



C. acik. 



C. senegalensis. 



C. fuliginosus. 



C. adelberti. 



C. splendidus. 



Arachnoraphis robusta. 



Anthreptes phoenicotis. 



Nectarinia pulchella. 

 -Arachnothera magna. 



A. aurata. 



A. modesta. 



A. affinis. 



Mthopyga eximia. 



Cinnyris julia. 

 ■Hedydipna metallica. 



Cinnyris erythrocerius. 



C. osea. 



Cinnyris habessinicus. 

 C. cruentatus. 

 AUthopyga nicobarica. 

 Cinnyris acik. 

 C. senegalensis. 

 ■ C. fuliginosus. 

 C. amethystinus. 

 C. adelberti. 

 C. splendidus. 

 Arachnoraphis robusta. 



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