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Show Guilt Which Keep to Shore The black-head gulls of Europe, unlike un-like the ordinary seagulls common along the coast of this country, are not sea-going birds. They will not follow fol-low ships day after day. hut keep themselves well within reach of land. In fact, they are not adverse to flying inland and feeding in new-plowed land, on Insects, worms and larvae. The gulls breed from the British Isles east through Europe, us far as Turkestan. In winter they range all the way from the Azores to Japan, living largely along the shores, on crustaceans, small fish and any food which finds Its way Into the waters along the shores. |