George Ernest Shelley

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Captain George Ernest Shelley (1840 - November 29, 1910) was an English geologist and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

His books included A Monograph of the Cinnyridae, or Family of Sun Birds (1878), A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt (1872) and The Birds of Africa (5 volumes, 1896 - 1912).

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