69 THE NATURAL HISTORY . 
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The bill is Mrong, ftraight, cultrated, bending at the 
point: on the under part of the lower mandible there is 
an angular prominence (or knob). ae 
~ The noftrils are oblong and narrow, wider before, 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 toe is {mall, 
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ULLS are very noify; and very vora- 
. cious.. They may be called the Vultures 
of the Sea, for they devour the dead bodies, of all 
_ kinds, that float on its furface, or that are thrown 
onthe 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 
their number, and make them re-echo with their 
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