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Gulls, they are a moft excellent fhot when on 
the wing. 
BlackGulls.- Buack Gutts, ufually called in Hudfon’s Bay, 
Men of War, from their purfuing and taking the 
prey from a leffer fpecies of Gull, known in that 
country by the name of Black-head. In fize they — 
are much inferior to the two former fpecies ; 
but, like them, always make their nefts on iflands, 
or at the margins of lakes or ponds; they lay 
only two eggs, and are found at a confiderable 
diftance from the fea coaft. The length of their 
wings is very great in proportion to the body ; 
the tail is uniform, and the two middle feathers 
are four or five inches longer than the reft. Their 
eges are always eaten, both by the Indians and 
Englith; but the bird itfelf is generally rejected,” 
except when other provifions are very fcarce. 
Black- Buack-Heaps. Thefe are the fmalleft fpecies 
heads. of Gull that [know. They vifit the fea coatt of 
- Hudfon’s Bay in fuch vaft numbers, that they 
are frequently feen in flocks of feveral hundreds ; 
and I have known bubhels of their eggs taken on 
an ifland of very {mall circumference. Thefe 
eggs are very delicate eating, the yolks being 
equal to that of a young pullet, and the whites 
of a femi-tranfparent azure, but the bird itfelf is 
always fifhy. Their affection for their young is 
fo ftrong, that when any perfon attempts to rob 
their nefts, they fly at him, and fometimes ap- 
proach fo near as to touch him with their pini- 
ons; and when they find their lofs, will frequent- 
ly 
