v.— THE KING-CROW. 



" I am the monarch of all I survey." — Cowper. 

 The Kiag-Crow, or Drongo as he is called in books, 

 has a wide enough kingdom to rule ov?r, extending 

 from West Africa to China, and here in India he may- 

 claim to be one of our most characteristic birds, for 

 it would hardly be an exaggeration to say that there 

 is one of these jet-black, fork-tailed birds between 

 every two telegraph posts for many miles of country. 

 Where there are no telegraph -wires the King ■Crow 



