Answer :
This event takes place after Rikki-tikki killed Nagaina. The coppersmith bird, that makes a "noise exactly like the beating of a little hammer on a copper pot", is telling the whole garden that Nagaina is dead.
This event takes place after Rikki-tikki killed Nagaina. The coppersmith bird, that makes a "noise exactly like the beating of a little hammer on a copper pot", is telling the whole garden that Nagaina is dead.