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IT may interest some readers of NATURE to hear that there is at present living in Bardsea a duck which has four feet. The two abnormal feet, which are webbed like the others, and of the same shape and size, spring from one leg, which is about the same length as the normal legs, but rather thicker. This leg grows from a point just beneath the tail. Its bone does not seem to be directly connected with the other bones of the bird, as it can be freely moved in any direction. This duck is more than a month old, and is healthy.
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GEOGHEGAN, E. A Quadruped Duck. Nature 34, 314 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034314b0
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