23 JANUARY 1932, Page 12

Once or twice, at any rate, quail have been released

in this country, but the quail that have been recorded are proper migrants. Years ago they were common enough. They were, for example, shot in several successive years by a Pembroke- shire sportsman, some fifty years ago ; and were commoner further East. The bird nests regularly in France (where I often met it during the War) and should cross the Channel. If it be true, as is probable, that several pairs nested this last summer in Norfolk, we may perhaps expect the species to become a more regular summer visitor.

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