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black head nearly disappears. The Kitt- 
wake is so called from its notes, two quick 
and short, and the last long, and it is distinctly 
the smallest. Otherwise it resembles the 
common and herring gulls. All of us must be 
acquainted with the melancholy cries of the 
common gull, a prolonged ‘ two-oo-dle, oodle, 
oodle, oodle’ (as I spell it), uttered generally 
on the wing, and also a ‘squeal,’ the call note 
to the others as one has discovered something 
to feed on, and they have very long and keen 
vision. I can boast of being able to closely 
imitate the ‘two-oo-dle’ cry, by working 
the tongue about against the palate, whilst 
whistling a continuous mournful note. What 
beautiful birds are the seagulls—who could 
shoot one ! 
The Greater or Common Curlew (length 
24 to 26 inches), and the Lesser Curlew (or 
Whimbrel) (length 17 to 18 inches), resident, 
greyish birds spotted brown with long, curved 
beaks and long legs will be known to Londoners 
only as they fly over (either on their way to 
nesting haunts or changing their feeding 
