6. THE NATURAL HISTORY 
Genus 37.° L A R.U S. 
THe GULL. 

The bill is ftrong, ftraight, cultrated, bending at the | 
point: on the under part of the lower mandible there is 
an angular prominence (or knob). 
The noftrils are oblong and narrow, wider Stik and 
‘placed in the middle of the bill. 
~The tongue is a little bifid, or divided. 
The body is light, and the wings are long. | 
The back tee is {mall. 
YULLS ate very noify, and very vora- 
cious. They may be called the Vultures 
wf the Sea, for they devour the dead bodies, of all 
kinds, that float on its furface, or that are thrown 
on the fhore. Like other birds of prey, they can 
faft a confiderable time. They are very rapa- _ 
cious, and are fometimes caught with a hook, 
baited with a fith “The three toes before are 
joined by one web, and they carry their heads al- 
moft between their fhoulders. They run very 
faft upon fhore, and fkim lightly over the waves. 
‘They often cover the fands and the rocks with 
theix number, and make them re-echo with their 
5 Cries ; 
