PLATE XXXIII 



MALAYAN CRESTLESS FIREBACK 



Acomus erythrophthalmus (Raffles) 



These birds are exceedingly pugnacious, and I have even seen hens fighting madly with each other. 

 Both sexes are armed with spurs. They live along the small creeks which wind through the low jungle, 

 and haunt the water-holes of the buffalo. The sound of warning or challenge, uttered when two cocks 

 threaten one another, is a deep, hoarse drawl, almost a snarl, sounding as much like a small cat as a pheasant. 



