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us occasionally, and I remember having seen their 

 eggs in my youth " ; and Mrs. Jago (late Miss 

 Cumber), who was herself a birdstufter in Guernsey 

 a good many years ago, told me she had had two 

 Quails through her hands during the time she had 

 been stuffing ; but evidently she had not had very 

 many, nor did she think them very common, as she 

 did not know what they were when they were 

 brought to her, and she was some time before she 

 found anyone to tell her. The Quail breeds occa- 

 sionally, too, in Alderney, as the birdstuffer and 

 carpenter had some Quail's and Landrail's eggs ; 

 these he told me he had taken out of the same nest 

 which he supposed belonged originally to the Land- 

 rail, as there were rather more Landrail's than 

 Quail's eggs in it. 



Professor Ansted includes the Quail in his list, 

 but marks it as occurring only in Guernsey. 

 There is a specimen in the Museum, and, as I said 

 before, several eggs. 



95. WATER KAIL. Rallus aquations, Linnaeus. 

 French, " Kale d'eau." The Water Kail is not 

 very common in Guernsey, but a few occur about 

 the Braye Pond, and in other places suited to them ; 

 and, I believe, occasionally remain to breed, as 

 Mr. Jago, the birdstuffer, told me he had seen a 

 pair of Water Rails and four young, his dog having 

 started them from a hedge near the Rousailleries 



