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KING WILLIAM'S WAR its name from the alleged fact that when it is pleased to make its appearance on a carcass on —vhich other vultures are at work, they meekly stop proceedings and look on without eating till the king vulture has gorged itself to satiety. The king vulture is found in South America. The Spaniards of Paraguay call it the_ white crow. Its plumage is milky- white; on its neck, which is naked, is blood-red skin. It is the Sarcorhamphus papa.

KING WILLIAM'S WAB, a war waged by Great Britain and its colonies in America against France and its Indian allies, in 1689-1697.

KINGWOOD, a kind of wood from Brazil called also violet wood. It is used for turning and cabinet work, and is beautifully variegated with violet streaks.

KINKAJOTJ ikang-ka.-zho), a genus of carnivorous mammals, family Procionidee. They have pi-ehensile tails, with which they hang on to trees. They have some affinity to the lemurs, of which they are the partial representatives in the New World, where they occur in South America and in Mexico. The best known species is Cercoleptes caudivolvulus, which is about a foot long, with a tail of 18 inches. It feeds upon fruit, insects, and birds. It is seen in menageries, and is occasionally tamed as a pet.

KINO, a kind of gum, which exudes from certain trees, and is dried without artificial heat. There are four varieties imported into the United States, viz., the East Indian or Malabar kino from Pterocarpus marsupiutn; Bengal or Butea kino from Butea frondbsa; African or Gambia kino from P. erinaceiis; and Australian, Botany Bay, or Eucalyptus kino from Eucalyptus rostrata. It consists of dark red angular fragments, rarely larger than a pea. In its general behavior kino closely resembles catechu, and yields by similar treatment the same products. It is administered in medicine as an astringent. Also the insipissated juice of various plants.

KINSALE, a municipal borough and seanort of County Cork, Ireland. In 1601, 3,000 Spaniards landed at Kinsale in order to fight for the O'Neill confederacy. Here James II. landed on March 12, 1689, and here he re-embarked in July, 1690. In the following October the fort was captured by Marlborough. Pop. about 4,000.

KIOSK, a kind of open pavilion or summer-house, constructed of wood, straw, etc., and supported on pillars, sur« rounded by a balustrade. They are used in gardens, parks, etc., and in Paris and other continental cities as depots for the sale of papers.

KIOTO, for over 1,000 years the capital of Japan; situated on a flat plain about 26 miles inland from Ozaka. A high range of hills to the E. separates this plain from Lake Biwa, and on these some of the finest temples connected with the city are built. At the N. end are situated in an inclosure, the plain wooden buildings where the emperors of Japan dwelt so long in seclusion. The Honganji temples of the Monto sect of Buddhists, and the center of the Buddhist faith in Japan, rise at the S. end of the city. The pottery, porcelain, crapes, velvets, and brocades of Kioto are highly esteemed; its embroideries, enamels, and inlaid bronze-works, are marvels of skillful handicraft. Pop. about 550,000.

KIOWAN, a linguistic stock of North American Indians of which but one tribe, the Kiowa, remains. They lived near the head waters of the Upper Platte and were very aggressive.

KIPCHAKS, a Turkish people, who in the 11th century were settled in the steppes of Southeast Russia, between the Ural and the Don, N. of the river Kuma. After the death of Genghis Khan, one of his four sons, Batu, conquered (1238-1243) nearly all Central and Southern Russia, and founded the great empire of the Golden Horde or the Kipchaks, fixing his magnificent camp on the Volga. The Golden Horde and the E. branch, the White Horde or Eastern Kipchak, were united about 1378; but this joint empire was broken up by Tamerlane in 1390-1395. Out of the fragments were formed the small khanates of Astrakhan, Kazan, the Crimea, etc., all of which were eventually absorbed by Russia. The modern descendants of the Western Kipchaks are the Tartars of Kazan, Astrakhan, the Crimea, etc.

KIPLING, RUDYARD, an English author born in Bombay, Dec. 30, 1865. He was educated in England, and in 1882 went out to India and joined the staff of the "Civil and Military Gazette," Lahore, for which paper his earlier tales were written. He depicted Anglo-Indian and military life in "Soldiers Three," "Black and White," "Plain Tales from the Hills," "Story of the Gadsbys," "Life's Handicap," etc. "The Naulakha," published in 1891, was written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier. "Many Inventions," a collection of 