BRITISH BIRDS* 
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pointed flick towards them, againft which they 
fometimes dafh with fuch force as to be killed on 
the fpot. In like manner, they who are about to 
rob the nefls, hold a knife, or other fharp inflru- 
ment, over their heads, upon which the enraged 
bird precipitates, and transfixes itfelf. They make 
their nefls among the dry grafs, and, when the 
young are reared,, they difperfe themfelves, com- 
monly in pairs, over the ocean. 
The feathers of this fpecies, as well as thofe of 
other Gulls, are by many people preferred to thofe 
of the Goofe ; and in fome parts they are killed in 
great numbers, merely for the fake of the feathers. 
On the Englifh coafls they are not very common : 
that from which the foregoing figure was taken, 
was fhot near Tynemouth, in the month of Septem- 
ber. 
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