PLATE XXXIII 
MALAYAN CRESTLESS FIREBACK 
Acomus erythrophthalmus (Raffles) 
Tues 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. 
