Captain George Ernest Shelley (15 May 1840 – 29 November 1910) was an

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and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley was educated at the Lycée de Versailles and served a few years in the

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. 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) illustrated by J. G. Keulemans. (with bibliography of publications by G. E. Shelley)

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Illustrations appearing in Handbook to the Birds of Egypt
1840 births 1910 deaths English geologists English ornithologists Grenadier Guards officers Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{UK-ornithologist-stub