THE GULLS.* 



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THE COMMON firi,I,.t 



The Gulls are natives of every shore from north to soutli. IMant says truly : — 



■'Oil iiiiiilik' wiiip: the f^ull 

 Sweeps boomiiif;' by, intent to cull, • 



Vonicioiis, fVoiu the billow's breast, 

 MavkM fur away, his destined i'easl : 

 Beliukl him now, deep plunging, dip 

 His sunny pinion's sable tip 

 In the green wave ; now lightly skim 

 With wheeling tlight the water's brim, 

 Wave in blue sky his silver sail 

 Aloft, and frolic with the gale, 

 Or sink again his breast to lave, 

 And Hoat upon the foaming wave : 

 Oft o'er his form your eyes may roan\ 

 Xor know him from the feathery foam, 

 Nor 'mid the rolling waves, your ear 

 On yelling blast, his clamour hear." 



Clotlicd in a mass of elose feathers, these birds appear larger tliaii tliey in reality are, as 

 scon on ample slowly-flapping pinions, sailing along in a eircling course, and fully intent 

 on the waves beneath. 



• I.aiidie. 



t I.anis ('anus. 



