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tviry on? lliey could fee, and filling tlitir crops feveral 

 times in the day. The ducks, after having favcd about 

 fixty pounds' worth oF turnips, were fcnt to thu poultry 

 yard." With this view, it has been fuggeftid by Mr. 

 Middleton in iiis " Survey of the County of" Middlefex," 

 that this fort of poultry may often be kept with advantage 

 by the farmer. 



^LACK-canoiis, in Ecclepaftkal Hyiory, a name given to 

 the regular canons of St. Aui^ultine, who wore a black man- 

 tle over their furplice, by way of dillintlion from the Pij:- 

 monflriilenfts. 



hi-ACK-ciip of the Englirti, in Ornilhology, the Miladlla 

 atricapilld of Linnaeus. The fame name is given liktwifc 

 to the marjh tllmoufe. Pants palujlns of Linn, and the black- 

 headed gull. Lams alridlla of Gmelin. 



Bla'ck-m/ of Ceylon^ or Ceylon bluck-cnp, the name of 

 Motadlla zey/otiica of Gmelin, in Brown's IlUilhatiun of 

 Nat. Hid. 



V>LhCVi-capp:d humming-bird oi Latham, and Long-tmled 

 llact-cap humming-bird of Edwards and Bancroft, are Tro- 

 chilus polytmus of Gmelin. 



'&\.^cs.-cappld tings-fijher oi 'Li.\.hvLm,ii Alcedo alracapilla 

 of Linn. 



ViLXCvi-capped lory, the Englifli name given by Latham 

 to the Gmelininn pfittacus lory. This is the firll black-cap 

 lory of Edwards. 



Bi.ACK-capp<d mjnaiin of Edwards and Latham, is Plpra 

 manacus of Gmelin. 



BLACK-fa/ii', in Geography, lies on the eaft coaft of New- 

 founrlland, S. E. from cape St. Francis. 



V)i.kCK.-cattk, in Agriculture, a fmall, hardy breed of cat- 

 tle, mollly of a black colour, occupying the high or more 

 mountainous dillri'Hs in the northern parts of the idand. 

 They are covered with a long clofe coat of hair, of much 

 the fame kind as the polled and long-homed breeds. They 

 feed readily in the rich paftures in the fouthern parts of the 

 kingdom, where large quantities of them are annually driven 

 and fed for fale in the London and other markets. Their 

 beef is generally of a fme grain, well marbled, and of a 

 good flavour ; but fometimes not fo fine and bright in its 

 external appearance as that of other forts of cattle, 

 fccing occafionally, except when made very fat, fpotted with 

 black, even upon the choiceft parts. From their property 

 of becoming quickly fat, and not being of great weight, 

 they feem well adapted to the low, rich, grazing diftrifts in 

 the fouthern counties, where the lands are liable to be 

 poached and injured by the heavier breeds of cattle. They 

 feldom weigh more than from twenty to thirty ftone each, 

 though fome particular ones have become confiderably 

 heavier. See Cattle and Live-Stock. 



TiLACK-cheeied eagle, of Latham's Synopfis, in Ornithology, 

 is Faleo Ameriennus of Gmelin. 



BhACK-eheeied thrujh of Latham, is Turdus nigerrimus of 

 Gmelin. 



BLACK-fA;«^«if of Pennant, &c. Colymhut lehridicus of 

 Gmelin. 



BLACK-fOfi, of Pennant, Latham, Donovan, &c. is Tetrao 

 tetrix of Linnaeus. The fame bird is alfo well known by the 

 name of bUick-^aint, or Hack-grous. 



Bi-ACK-cociatoo ol Latham, and Great blaci cockatoo oi 

 Edwards, is called by liuffon Kwh^oes noir, and by Gmelin 

 fjiit.ictis aterrimui. 



Black collarejfnci of Latham, is FringtUa Ahjfmica of 

 Gmelin. 



Bl AC K-crowned bunting oi Latham, is Embcrha atricapilla 

 of Gmelin. j 



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BtACK-crowned manaiin of Latham, is Pipra atrkapi lid of 

 Gmelin. 



BLAcyi-croiLmed oriole, the Englifh name of OWo/i/x Mexi' 

 canus of Linn, in Latham's " Synopfis of lilrds." 



Bi-ACK-cro-:uncdplover of Ard. Zool. is Charadrius atrica- 

 pillus of Gmelin. 



Bhkcv.-croiuued fhrikc of South America, is Lanius Ame- 

 riamus of Gmelm. 



Bi,ACK-affwn(Y/to;af<:r of Latham, is Tiwngra melaniaeea 

 of Gmtlin. 



]jL.\CK-Indinn cucko'U) of Edwards, is Cuculus tiiger of 

 Linn. 



BLACK-r/wer, or fcoter, of Englifh ornithologills, is 

 Anas n':^ra of Linn. Fn. Succ. 



Black dolphin, in Agriculture, a fmall infeft which is 

 frequently very dtilrudlive to bean, turnip, and fome other 

 crops. Where beans are attacked with thcfe infefts, the beft 

 remedy probal^ly is, as foon as they are firil perceived, to cut 

 off the tops by means of a fcythe, as they are found to make 

 their firll lodgments principally in thofe parts of the plants. 

 See Fly and Turnips. 



V>i.ACK-duck of Latham and other writers, in Ornithology, 

 is called by Edwards the _frfii/ black duck fromHudlon's bay. 

 This is a very dlllinft fpecies from the black duck of Ray 

 and Willughby, and vehef duck of modern naturalills. 

 Gmelin calls it Anas pcrfpicillata. 



HhACK-durk, or Great black duck of Ray and Willughby, 

 is the 'velvet duck of later Englifh authors, and AnasfuJ'ca of 

 the Linnxan Fauna Suecica. 



'Sii.ACK. eagle, in Heraldry, an order of knighthood, infti- 

 tuted in Pruflia, by Frederic L 14th Jan. 1701. Thrf 

 enfign of the order is a gold crofs of eight points, ena- 

 melled blue ; in the centre whereof are the letters F. R. 

 in cypher, and in the four angles the eagle of PrufFia, ena- 

 melled black. On collar days, it is worn pendant to a rich 

 collar of gold, compofed of round pieces of gold, each ena- 

 melled with four cyphers of the letters F. R. ; in the centre 

 of the piece is fet a large diamond, and over each cypher a 

 regal crown, all richly chafed, intermixed with eagles dif- 

 played, enamelled black alternately, and holding in their 

 claws thunderbolts of gold. 



The crofs of the order is worn, on ordinary days, pendant 

 to a broad, orange-coloured ribbon, acrofs the left (boulder. 

 The knights have embroidered on the left brealt of their 

 coats a ftar of filver, like that of the enfign of the order, in 

 the centre of which is an eagle difplayed black, holding in 

 his dexter claw, a chaplet of laurel, and in the other a 

 thunderbolt, with the motto Suum cuique round it. See 

 Plate ol Heraldry. 



'S>\.ACV.-eagle of Willughby, in Ornithology, is I'Aigle com- 

 mune of BufTon, and Falco melana'ctos of Gmelin. 



BLACK-fa;v, or Black-eared lynx, in Zoology, called alfo 

 the Peiftan lynx, and Black-eared cat, is the Sigah gujh or 

 Siyah gujb of Charleton, and Caracal of Buffon. Gmelin 

 mentions this animal under the name of Felis caracal. See 

 Caracal, and Sigah Gush. 



BLACK-Mr/16, in Agriculture, that kind of earth or mould 

 which contains a large portion of carbonaceous or vege- 

 table matter in its compolition. Soils of this fort are capa- 

 ble of producing moil forts of grain and other vegetable 

 crops in abundance. See Soil, &c. 



Bi.ACK-eunuchs, in the Cujom of Eajleru Nations, are 

 Ethiopians caftrated, to whom their princes commonly 

 commit the care of their women. See Eunuch. 



BhACti-eye, in Botany, a name given to the germ in beans, 

 which the Romans called liilum. See Germ. 



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