PARTS XI. & XIL] 



[MAY, 1880. 



A MONOGRAPH 



OF 



THE NECTARINIID^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. 



Introduction, Classification, Geographical Distribution, Literature, description of Cinnyris oustaleli, Index. 



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Plates. 

 Hedydipna platura. 

 Nectarinia cupreonitens. 



— N. bocagii. 



— JEthopyga eximia. 

 ■JE. nipalensis. 



— JE. horsfieldi. 

 JE. gouldia. 

 JE. temmincki. 

 ■jE. mystacalis. 

 JE. fiavostriata. 

 JE. seheria. 

 JE. shelleyi. 

 Eudrepanis dubia. 



. — Cinnyris Cornelia. 



— C. corinnce. 



Plates. 

 Cinnyris aurora. ■ 

 ~G. flagrdns. 

 C. zenobia. 

 C. microrhynchus . 

 C. affinis. 

 C. venustus. 

 ■ C. coquereli. 

 -*C. hartlaubi. 

 ' Anthreptes anchietce. 

 A. rectirostris. 

 /A. zambesiana. 

 "LA. hypodila. 



f Cinnyris oust ale ii. 



i^Anthreptes tephrolcema. 



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