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flock will have .seen it fall and be able to descry it is 

 certain; now, probably, a general scramble will ensue, 

 and the prize will be secured by the swiftest. Having 

 tried this several times with the same result, let him 

 throw over, instead of meat or bread, a bit of wood. 



THE COMMON OCLL. 



Not a bird will come near even to examine it. I have 

 often tried this experiment, and have met with but one 

 result. To prove that the Gull is capable of consuming 

 a large quantity of food, as well as quick-sighted, a single 



