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Person
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Shelley, George Ernest
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Description area
Dates of existence
1840-1910
History
George Ernest Shelley was an English geologist and ornithologist. He was the 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)