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Definition of Drongos
1. drongo [n] - See also: drongo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drongos
Literary usage of Drongos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... of the Passeriformes —Of Crows and Allied Birds—Of the Birds of Paradise—Of
the drongos—Of the Orioles—Open Nest of a ..."
2. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1889)
"The drongos of this genus are among the commonest of Indian birds, one or other
of the species ... The various species of drongos are not easily separable, ..."
3. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"Their generally black plumage, and deeply-forked tail of ten feathers serve at
once to distinguish drongos from all other members of the order. ..."
4. A Naturalist on Lake Victoria: With an Account of Sleeping Sickness and the by Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1920)
"Very noticeable absentees from the islands are the black, fork-tailed, insectivorous
drongos (Dicruridae), which were never met with there. ..."
5. Bombay Ducks: An Account of Some of the Every-day Birds and Beasts Found in by Douglas Dewar, Frederick Durand Stirling Fayrer (1906)
"One day I happened to pass under a low tree in which some drongos were sitting.
... I once saw a couple of drongos treat a monkey very shamefully. ..."
6. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"There are three drongos of the Ethiopian Region which are known to me by the original
... I should add that these remarks on the Ethiopian drongos and the ..."
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