242 ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LILRAKV. 



The first examples of this species were obtained in Sumatra 

 by Sir S. Raffles, and skins are generally to be found in collec- 

 tions of birds made by native collectors in the vicinity of 

 Malacca, where it would seem to be fairly common. 



Nothing is known of the eggs or nidification of this species. 



IL THE BORNEAN CRESTLESS FIRE-BACK. ACOMUS 

 PVRONOTUS. 



Euplocomus erythrothalmus {sic), J. E. Gray {nee Raffles), 



111. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 38, fig. I (1834). 

 Alectrophasis pyronota, G. R. Gray, List Gall. Brit. Mus. p. 



26 (1844). 

 Euploco7nus pyronotus, Elliot, Monogr. Phasian. ii. pi. 29 



(1872). 

 Acomus pyronotus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 284 



(1893)- 



Adult Male. — Distinguished from the male of A. erythro- 

 phthalmus in having the neck and mantle grey, finely mottled 

 with black, and with white shafts ; the chest and breast black, 

 with white shaft-stripes. Total length, 20 inches; wing, 9-3; 

 tail, 57; tarsus, 3-3. 



Adult Female. — Quite similar to the female of A. erythro- 

 phthalmus. Total length, 18-5 inches; wing, 8-4; tail, 5; 

 tarsus, 3*15. 



Range. — Sarawak, Borneo. 



Mr. C. Hose tells us that this species is a low-country bird 

 but is decidedly rare, and that its native name is " Singgier." 



III. THE BLACK CRESTLESS FIRE-BACK. ACOMUS 

 INORNATUS. 



Acovius ifiorfiatus, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xiv. p. 



250(1879); id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 651, pl.xlviii.; Biittikofer, 



Notes Leyd. Mus. ix. p. 77 (1887) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 



Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 285 (1893). 



Adult Male.— Much like the females of the last two species, 



being e?itirely black, but all the feathers of the upper-parts are 



