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Definition of Drongoes
1. drongo [n] - See also: drongo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drongoes
Literary usage of Drongoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1837)
"... of prey are several true Shrikes : the drongoes, called by the Dutch devil-birds,
from their uniform black colour, assemble in the morning and evening, ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1869)
"... collectors who have since visited that locality have never met with it, and
drongoes are mostly abundant individually, and not easily missed if present. ..."
3. General Report on the Operations of the Marine Survey of India by India Marine Survey (1876)
"These belts of forest trees and thorny underwood give shelter to numerous birds,
amongst which various species of parrots, wood-peckers, and drongoes, ..."
4. General Report on the Operations of the Marine Survey of India by India Marine Survey (1876)
"These belts of forest trees and thorny underwood give shelter to numerous birds,
amongst which various species of parrots, wood-peckers, and drongoes, ..."
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