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cries: they feem to {warm 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 fith 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 fifhermen, to pick up 
the fith which they may throw away. 
When Gulls are kept tame, in gardens, they 
feed on worms and fails: they can eafily pick 
fnails out of their fhells. : 
_ There are many kinds of Gulls. 
The Kittiwake is one kind: it is found in : 
cliffs of Flamborough-head, in Yorkfhire: t 
Dill is yellow,’ tinged with green. In si, = 
the people are very fond of eating the oun 
7 Ones, 
~The ae is a dt 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 sis for the fake of the fth_ . 
which — 
