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The little Grey-UuUs are likewise numerous near the Sea 

 Shoar. They are of a curious grey Colour, about the bigness 

 of a grey or Whistling Plover, and good Food, bcang nourish- 

 ing and well tasted. Their Mature and Virtues are much the 

 same with the former. 



The Old- wives, but why so called, I know not, for they are 

 a black and white pyed Gull, with extraordinary long Wings, 

 their Feet and Bill of a fine Golden Colour. They make a 

 strange and dismal Xoise as they flie, and are frequently dip- 

 ping their Bills in the Salt-Water, and are larger than the 

 former, but seldom eaten, only by the Indians and Negroes, 

 their Flesh being black, hard of digestion, and tastes Fishy. 



The Sea-Cock, so called from it's Crowing at break of Day, 

 and in the Morning, exactly like a Dunghill-Cock; it is an- 

 other sort of Gull, of a light grey and w^hite Colour. They 

 are to be met with in great lumbers near the Sea-Shoar, and 

 are larger than the former : Their Cry being so Domestick, 

 hath deceived many, supposing some Inhabitants to be near 

 them ; yet it is very pleasant, especially to Europeans, in those 

 wild and uninhabited places. Their Flesh is not good, there- 

 fore seldom or never made use of, except it be by the Negroes 

 and Indians. 



The Gull, or Sea-mew (this Bird is also called Sea-coh) is 

 the same as in Europe. This Fowl is little regarded, because 

 the Flesh is of an ill scent, and odious to be eaten ; yet it is 

 said to help the falling sickness ; and the Ashes of the whole 

 Bird, the Gravel in the Bladder and Kidnys. 



The Tropick Bird, so called, being in great plenty under 

 the Tropicks and thereabouts, but are scarce any where else. 



They 



