
62 THE NATURAL.HISTORY 
which the Seals drive before them into fhallows. 
The Tarrocks then dart fuddenly upon wks 
and make them their prey. 
The Black-toed Gull is found in Denmark. 
Sometimes it endgavours to conceal itfelf among 
cattle: it may then be taken by the hand, per- 
haps becaufe it may have been tired by a long. 
flight. 
The Winter Gull is very cotimon in England,, 
and is found farther inland than many others... i Lt. 
feeds very much upon worms, _ and . frequents. 
meadows far from the fea, T hess is a fubftance, 
very much like jelly, often found in moift places ;, 
it is cal’ed ftar-fhot, and fometimes ftar-jelly : 
this is nothing but worms, that have been in the 
fLomach of the Winter Gulls, or of fome other, 
bird, and which they have thrown out, perhaps,, 
becaufe they may have eaten too much, as Vul- 
tures fommetimes do. | 
The Laughing Gull is found on the river Don,. 
in Ruffia, and in fome parts of America. It. 
makes a noife like’a loud laugh. 3 
The Black-headed Gull, makes the fame kind 
of nvife :, itis found in Lincolnfhire,.and in Cam-;_ 
bridgefhire: it builds its neft. on the ground. 
In the Winter, Black-headed Gulls are feen at. 
Aleppo (which is in Turkey in Afia) in great 
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