PARTS IX. & X.] 



[JANUARY, 1879, 



A MONOGRAPH 



OF 



THE CINNYRID^E, 



OE 



FAMILY OF SUN-BIRDS. 



BY 



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



AUTHOR OF 'A HANDBOOK 10 THE BIRDS OF EGYPT,' ETC. 



CONTENTS. 



Cinnyris kirki. 



C. osea. 



JEthopyga siparaja: 

 ■Arachnoraphis flavigastra. 



ASthopyga bella. 

 - Cinnyris comorensis. 



JEthopyga ignicanda. 



Arachnothera chrysogenys. 

 ■ Cinnyris Solaris. 

 -C. verticalis. 



Plates. 



Cinnyris cupreus. 

 ~ Arachnothera flammifera. 

 ■Anthreptes griseigularis. 



-JEthogyga vigorsi. 



Cinnyris angolensis. 



C. obscurus. 



Anthreptes fraseri. 

 -Cinnyris souimanga. 

 ■Anthreptes aurantia. 



A. longuemarii. 



DESCRIPTIONS. 



Arachnoraphis flavigastra. 

 JEthopyga bella. 

 ■Cinnyris comorensis. 

 ■Arachnoraphis crassirostris. 

 AVthopyga ignicauda. 

 — Arachnothera chrysogenys. 

 — Cinnyris Solaris. 



— C. verticalis. 

 ~C. cupreus. 



-Arachnothera flammifera. 

 -Anthreptes griseigularis. 



— JEthopyga vigorsi. 

 "» Cinnyris angolensis . 



C. obscurus. 



C. hartlaubi. 

 ■ Anthreptes fraseri. 

 ~ Cinnyris souimanga. 



Cinnyris venustus. 

 C. affinis. 

 C. heuglini. 

 C. cornelia. 

 ■C. corinncB. 

 Anthreptes aurantia. 

 •A. longuemarii. 

 JEthopyga temmincki. 

 JE. mystacalis. 

 JE. seherice. 

 Hedydipna platura. 

 ■Cinnyris zenobia. 

 C. coquereli. 

 C. aurora. 

 Nectarinia bocagii. 

 Anthreptes anchietce. 

 Eudrepanis dubia. 



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