THE GULL 
HE seagull would seem to be a quite 
impossible pet, and yet there are 
records of many being kept as such. 
Usually the pet is a young bird, or 
an injured one which has been res- 
cued and fed. The gull is naturally 
gluttonous and fond of its food, 
and therefore learns soon to greet with pleasure 
the one who feeds it. It will eat almost anything, 
and likes especially the leavings from the table, 
eating greedily the scraps of meat. Although this 
bird is only beautiful when on the wing, when it 
is the most graceful and interesting of sea-birds, 
yet there is something rather attractive about a 
tame gull waddling about the garden diligently 
searching for slugs, grubs and mice. It has the 
advantage of being a very hardy bird, and requires 
no shelter. The gull has more mind than its looks 
would imply, and can be trained to a degree of 
intelligence. 
CARE 
If there is no pond near at hand, a large shallow 
tub of water should be provided in which the gull 
may bathe. The long quills on one wing should 
be clipped so that it cannot escape by flight. In 
case a young bird should be captured, it should be 
fed on raw meat chopped, and on raw fish. 
REFERENCES 
Description of Gulls, Birps THat Hunt anp are Huntep, 
Neltje Banchan. 
“Gull Dick,” THE Wir or THE WILD, Ernest Ingersoll. 
“Gulls teach themselves to fly,’ WILDERNESS PETS aT Camp 
BucksHuaw, Edward Breck. 
“Gull Habits,’ American Birps, W. T. Finlay. 
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