George Ernest Shelley
Captain George Ernest Shelley (15 May 1840 – 29 November 1910) was an
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 Grenadier Guards.[1]
His books included A Monograph of the Cinnyridae, or Family of Sun Birds (1878), A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt (1872)J. G. Keulemans.[3]
References
- OCLC 54616507.
- ^ Shelley, G. E. (1872). A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt. London: J. Van Voorst.
- . (with bibliography of publications by G. E. Shelley)
External links
- Works by or about George Ernest Shelley at Internet Archive
- Illustrations appearing in Handbook to the Birds of Egypt