PHOTOGRAVURE 27 



HOME OF THE BORNEAN CRESTED FIREBACK 



The home of this bird was reached by means of a seventy-foot Dyak war canoe, in which I was 

 paddled up tlie rivers to the inland jungles. Here, in the haunts of gaily coloured pittas, of glittering 

 sunbirds and the glorious tropical orchids, these birds live and court their mates and rear their young. 

 Often the first hint of their presence is the call of the cock, a low, mumbled Um — um ! Um—~-um! 

 followed by a single, sharp, keen whistle, which cuts through the warm, quiet air like a knife. 



