70 NATtJRAL HISTORY OF OAI.UNACEOUS DIRPS. 
tinU"^ with blue or green, or thfy hav© broad «nd 
coaspicuotis patches of these coltmrn minErli-d with 
the other shudes. T\m females nre imvuriatily of ft 
brown or fjrt'yish-hrfnvn ground tini, biirretJ or waved 
with black. Tlu? phanaijf of the ytmng (hffern from 
both in ht'iuff of piik'r ishades, and iti the markings 
being more irregulitr and confuswi. In the Lago- 
pus or ptarn)i<:ati the maU's are dfep brown or yel- 
low, barred with blatk and a lighior hbade ; females 
always of a lighler tint, and the paler markings more 
conspicuous. In winter the rhange in to pure while, 
having theqtiiib or taiUfeathers only dark. Among 
the ])Brtridgt*s and quailn the difference if^ not gene- 
rally so ijrfat, Imt there in always Bome diKlinguish- 
irjg mark, often hlaek or deep lirown. The wnttles, 
caruneules, and naked Kpacei*, so frequent about the 
b^ada of the Pavonida^ we fiufl represented in the 
beautiful scarlet skin above the eyes, and which in 
spring bccoaaes uitith developed and brightened in 
colour. 
Jn the arrangement of these birda, l^Ir Swainaciii 
has pointed out what hi; coni^itUrs may be the typi- 
cal forms, altlunigh bethinks that a tittle exatnination 
is still necessary . They are Perdix^ Tcirno^ Cryp- 
tmiis, Orti/gis^ and Cri/pturtts. We «hall now pro- 
ceed to exsimine ihese, together with tlie different 
genera vvhlch have been entahUbhed, and shfllli conn 
meuce with 
