ὄρνιθι γὰρ καὶ τὴν τότ᾽ αἰσίῳ τύχην παρέσχες ἡμῖν → for it was by a good omen that you provided that past fortune to us
brown: P. ὄρφνινος.
tawny: P. and V. ξανθός, Ar. and V. ξουθός; see also red.