
OF- BIRD 8.’ _S 
let the pieces of fith, as they fly above, fall down 
 amoneft then, In cafe of danger, the old 
birds, as they fkim along, inform their young by 
a cry: they inftantly fit, without motion, on the 
fand, and then they may be picked up like ftones, 
by the hand, for they do not attempt to efcape. 
It is fix weeks after they are hatched before they 
fly: this time is neceflary for their wings to grow, 
for their wings are very long. 
et he brown Tern, when taken, may be kept 
tame. TF ifhermen fometimes catch it, by making 
—acrofs of ‘wood float upon the water : to the 
a ' middle of the crofs they faften a little fith ; and to 
the four-corner’ fome bird-lime twigs :* amongft 
- thefe the Tern, as it darts down upon its prey, — : 
_ entangles its wings and is taken. ‘The tail of 
this Tern is a little forked, the body is grey, the 
head and beak black, and the legs red. 7 
‘The leffer Tern has a forked tail, white body, — 
grey back, the forehead and the eyebrows white. 
~ It is fearcely-fo large as acommon Swallow. The 
- forehead has a divifion of white, from whence a 
ftreak of white goes on each fide, above the eyes. 
“The back is afh-colour; the ftomach, the breaft, 
‘and the lower fide of the neck are white; the — 
_ beak and feet are red. nas 
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