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other abnormalities, but he has omitted to mention the 

 extraordinary case re|)orted in the Field (4. I. 13, p. 44) 

 and referred to by us {B.B. VI., p. 284), of a Red Grouse 

 with an accessory digit to which were attached three 



GREEN-WINGED TEAL WITH LEOUR WINGS, 



(From " The Auk.") 



accessory primaries. In a recent issue of The Atik, (1916. 

 p. 439) Mr. W. H. Bergtold points out that in Bland-Sutton's 

 Evolvtion and Disease, an illustration is given of a dove Avith 

 an accessory wing. 



POSSIBLE NESTING OF QUAIL IN 

 CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 



On July 10th, 1916, in the Cambridge district, Mr. W. Farren 

 and I heard a Quail {Coiurnix c. cotiirnix) calling in a large 

 rough pasture. We walked over to the place and flushed 

 the bird. From the date and place it seemed likety that it 

 might be breeding, although no nest was found. The species 

 has now become very scarce in Cambridgeshire. 



Maud D. Haviland. 



