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parts of the coast of England and Scotland, as 
the Fern Islands, Puffin Island, in the Frith of 
Forth, St. Kilda, &e. They dig holes in the earth, 
from two to three feet in length, in which a single 
white ego, of an oval form and about two inches 
and a half long, by an inch and a half in breadth, is 
deposited. Puffins are most observed on our coasts 
in winter, for although they breed much further 
north than Britain, they proceed in autumn more 
towards the equator. 
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ANDALUSIAN HEMIPODE. 
Hemipopius Tacnypromus, Temm. 
Mr. Thomas Goatley states in the “ Annals of 
Natural History,” Vol. 14, that in November, 1844, 
he received a Quail having no back toe, and which 
he found described in Latham’s general history 
as the Gibraltar Quail. It was shot by the 
gamekeeper on the Cornwall estate in Oxfordshire, 
about three miles from Chipping Norton, and 
having been preserved was figured and described 
by Farrell. Mr. Goatley also states that another 
was afterwards killed near the same spot by 
the same person, but was so mutilated as to be 
unfit for preservation. The Andalusian Quail in- 
habits sandy plains in Africa, &c. but its habits, in 
reference to nesting, &e. are imperfectly known. 
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