Abstract
THE fifth caudal vertebra of a tortoiseshell cat at the Sussex County Hospital is dislocated and attached at right angles to the long axis of the fourth. The sixth and last vertebra is also affixed at right angles to the fifth. The cat is able to wag the terminal phalanx of the tail, and the distortion has always been considered to be due to an accident when the animal was a kitten. Within the last week the cat has had a litter of several kittens, two of which were born almost tailless, one possessing (as far as I could ascertain by external manipulation) two caudal and the other three caudal vertebræ only. Whether the original distortion is due to accident or not, I think these facts may interest some readers of NATURE.
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