Hen Koel. 

 (Mudynamis honorata.) 



XVII.— THE KOEL. 

 " O Koel, little Koel, singing on the siris bough," — 



It is ia my mind, as Mr. Kipling's animal say, that 

 our Anglo-Indian laureate has in the above-quoted 

 passage grievously mixed up the Koel with the 

 Coppersmith, a miscreant dealt with earlier in this 

 series. For the Koel is not so very small as birds go, 

 being as big as a good sized pigeon, nor, though hia 



