DEONOOS 
Dicruridts 
The drongo$ or king-crows are found in Africa and also 
in India and thence east throug^hout the Malaysian area to 
Australia. They are usualJy of glossy black plumage and the 
tail ts frequently forked* Their method of catching- their 
insect food is very much like that of the flycatchers, the birds 
waiting on some convenient perch and then darting forth into 
the air and returning to the same perch when the prey is 
captured. In addition to the more typical black drongos 
several grey birds are known from Malaysia but none of these 
occur in Singapore whence, in addition to that dealt with below 
only two other species have been recorded. These are the 
crow-billed drongo (Dicrurtts annectens) which is a winter- 
visitor to Malaysia and the Malayan bronzed drongo iChaptia 
eenca jnahyensis) but both of these must be rare and they have 
not Ijeen met with in recent years. 
