6: THE NATURAL. HISTORY 
which the Seals drive before them. into fhallows. . 
_ ‘Phe Tarrocks then dart fuddenly upon. them,, 
and make them their prey.. | 
The Black-togd-Gull: is found in- Denmark. é 
Sometimes it endeavours to conceal itfelf among 
Cattle: it may then be taken. by the ‘hand, per- 
haps becaufe it may have been. tired ey along 
flight. : 
The Winter Gull is very common in England, 
and is found farther inland than many others. It 
feeds very. much upon. worms, and frequents 
meadows far from the fea.. There is a fubftance,. 
very much like jelly, often found in moiit places ;, 
it is cal’ed ftar-fhot, and fometimes dtar-jelly : 
this is nothing but worms, that. have been in the. 
ftomach of the Winter Gull s, or of fome other, 
bird, and which they have thrown out, perhaps,. : 
hecaufé they may have eaten too my as Vul= 
tures fometimes do, 
The Laughing Gull is found 0 on de river hm 
in Ruffia,, and in fome parts of America. lt. 2 
makes a noife like a loud laugh. : 
The Black-headed Gull makes the fame kind 
of noife: itis found in Lincolnhhire,, 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 
a numbers.. 
