OF B IR DS. Gx 
cries: they feem to fwarm upon them, fome fly- 
ing, others alighting to repofe themfelves. It is 
faid, that fome of the Gulls in the ifland of 
Ferroe are fo ftrong, and fo voracious, that they 
tear lambs to pieces to feed their young. In the 
frozen feas, they aflemble in flocks, upon the 
carcafes of whales. ‘They are found in every 
climate, and in prodigious numbers. ‘They often 
follow the tide, to fearch for fifh left on fhore, 
and often retire into the hollow places in rocks, 
for thofe that are left there by the waves; and 
fometimes they accompany ffhermen, to pick up 
the fifh which they may throw away. - 
When Gulls are kept tame, in gardens, they 
feed on worms and fnails: they can eafily pick 
fnails out of their fhells. 
There are many kinds of Gulls. 
The Kittiwake is one kind : it is found in the 
_ cliffs of Flamborough-head, in Yorkfhire: the 
bill is yellow, tinged with green. In Scotland, 
the people are very fond of eating the young 
- Ones. 
The Tarrock is another kind of Gull: it has a 
knob only, inftead of a back toe; and on its neck, 
behind, is a crefcent of black feathers, that is, 
black feathers in the form of a half-moon. Tarrocks 
attend whales and feals, for the fake of the fifh 
which 
