COMMON GULL. 



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The Common Gull is for the most part gregarious, 

 and generally keeps in flocks. These birds have a great 

 variety of breeding grounds. Either their nests are 

 built on the rocky ledge of some cliff, or on the flat 

 open ground, on the borders of lakes and broads or 

 in marshy places ; sometimes too on high rock. Their 

 food consists chiefly of fish, but they often pick up the 

 insects on the shore, and in the spring may frequently 



COMMON GULL. 



be seen in flocks in the ploughed fields hunting for 

 worms. 



This Gull, in common with others, can easily be 

 tamed, and makes a very handsome and useful gar- 

 dener, keeping down the worms and slugs most effect- 

 ually. I had a couple, which for many years led a 

 perfectly happy life in this way, eating almost every- 



