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Reports of Quail. — ^A good many Quail [Coturnix c. 

 coturnix) have been reported this autumn (1913), perhaps 

 more than usual. Mr. D. J. Balfour Kirke tells us of 

 one shot near Dunfermline (Fifeshire) on October 22nd, 

 and Lieut. -Colonel H. Scrymgeour-Wedderburn reports one 

 from Forfarshire on September 19th [Scot. Nat., 1913, 

 p. 259). Dr. C. W. Benson writes us of one heard near 

 Balbriggan (co. Dublin) on June 20th. In recent issues of 

 the Field, Quail have been reported in August and September 

 from Denbighshire, Gloucestershire, Devon, Wiltshire^ 

 Hampshire, and Essex. 



