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REMARKS ON THE ARRANGEMENT. 
should stand as the typical form, are at variance among 
our ornithologists. Mr. Yigors, in his arrangement, 
proposes the latter, Mr. Swanson Pavo, which for the 
present we have adopted. Looking at the forms of 
both, we find the tarsus and foot of nearly equal pro- 
portional strength, the hallux articulated above the 
plane of the foot, but in Pavo proportionably shorter, 
and the nail short. In this form, also, flight, from the 
unwieldiness of the plumage, is seldom resorted to, 
except in extremities ; and the tail cannot be used in 
directing it. In Phasianus flight is often resorted to, 
and is powerful, though not capablo of being long sus- 
tained, and the tail is used in directing it : it therefore 
deviates more from the peculiarities of the order. The 
other forms are more difficult to fix. We are uncer- 
tain, whether Euplocomus should not only form a 
sub genus of Lophophorus, and of the situation of 
Tragopan. In both, the attributes of flight and perching 
are more extensively used. Nitmida, again, seems to 
connect the next family, by its alliance to the partridges, 
in the form of the tail and feet, harsh cry, and general 
habits. 
The more extensive examination of the whole order, 
will, we trust, enable us, ere long, to solve all these 
difficulties ; and we now prefer mentioning them as 
they have occurred, to leaving them altogether un- 
noticed. 
