PHOTOGRAVURE 25 
HAUNTS OF THE MALAYAN AND BORNEAN CRESTLESS FIREBACKS 
In both countries these pheasants live in dense jungle, where they have access to open clearings, or 
at least the trails made by wild animals. Here they strive to escape their enemies, snakes and civet cats, 
which lie in wait or creep silently through the undergrowth. And here they nest, although up to the 
present time no white man has seen nest, eggs or young, so timid are they, and so skilful in hiding their 
home among the swamps and tangles. 
