The s which often accompany fishing s are there for anything but philanthropic purposes. They float about among the ducks keeping a sharp eye on them… - Edward Allworthy Armstrong

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The s which often accompany fishing s are there for anything but philanthropic purposes. They float about among the ducks keeping a sharp eye on them, and no sooner does one appear with a fish than they flap over the wretched bird's head and so harry it that, quite often, the catch is dropped and the gulls devour it.

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About Edward Allworthy Armstrong

(8 October 1900 – 19 December 1978) was a British , Church of England clergyman, and author of several books. He is noteworthy for his study of bird behaviour and his extensive study of the (for which he travelled to the , , and Iceland). In 1966 he received the .

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