PEUDIX.—Biusson, 
T\iB partritlges appear to form one pomt of con- 
nection between the present family and that which 
formeil the suliji-ct of our last volume, tfiroitgh the 
gtiHiea-fiju'l, There are many rtes^mbtances tn their 
habits and dU(>o!iitions, har^^li cry, atid in immeroua 
inatance?> the Bpoiied plumage. The Perdix cla- 
tmiier of Temniincfi may perhaps he tiieutioned as 
otve of the birds forming ihls passage?. It is remark- 
able for its loud harsh cry, which, bays Tfmminck, 
like the guinea- fowl, itdelijfhts incessantly to repeat, 
particularly at daybreak and dusk, when the broods 
aaaendde to per^b on the trees and wooils which 
orerhang" the rivers. It is in many ways, says the 
same author, connected witfi our pintadoesf, and may 
one day form an addition to our pouliry-yard, the 
Cape colonists liaviog already succeeded in rearing 
tbem in captivity. 
The genu» Perdix was established by Brisson, 
taking the common European paririclge as typical, 
hut it was made to contain an assemblage of birds, 
Romo of which will not even rank among the family. 
The quails am) the slrong-hiHed Atnerican partridges 
Jiave been separated by modern syatematists. Ste- 
phens matL' another aeparation m the Fmncolins with 
