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"Bl nsK-tiroa/eil lantigei; of Latham, tlie laiiagra nlgi'icollis 

 of Ginelin. 



BLACK-firMfeJ maiwiiii of Latham, the ////a nlgrkolUs 

 of Giiieliii. 



Uti-ACK-lhroaUtl thrujb of Latham, is turdus ater of Gmelin. 



Black ihroated ivnrblcr, of the Aiclic Zoology, is molacilla 

 Can.uUnfts, of Ginelin. 



Black ii,^i-r, in Zoology. Sec Fti-is Discolor. 



Black//'/;, in Mimrjlogy, a denomination given tothctin- 

 iirc when drcfRd, ilamp:rd,and waHied ready for the blowing- 

 lioufe, or to be melttd into metal. Phil. Tranf. W 69. 

 p. 21 10. 



It is prepared into this (Inte by means of beating and 

 wafhing ; and when it has pafTcd tlirongh fcvcral buddies or 

 valhing troughs, it is taken up in form of a black powder, 

 hke line fand, called black-tin, 



Vii Kcv.-toni gull o( Pennant, Latham, Walcot, &c., in Or-- 

 nilhology, is the lanis crep'uhUis of 1 lawefworth and Gmelin. 



Bl A CK-/W/ii7 /•(•//. The Gmclinian proceHarui mtlaml'us 

 is dcfcribcd under this name in Latham's Synoplis of 

 Birds. 



Black /own, in Geography, a fettlement of 1200 free 

 negroes, tiectcd in 1783, about a mile from the town of 

 Shelburnc, in Nova Scotia. 



Black i-wilc'i, \\\ Agr'icuUure, a noxioui^ weed, probably 

 \\\it polygonum convolvulus, which flourifhcb even in extremely 

 dry leafons, and is very injurious to many crops. 



Black vomit, in Meilichie, a difeaft to which the in- 

 habitants of Spanifli North America are fubjeil, faid to be 

 allied to the yeliow fever of the United States, and which, 

 at intervals, ravages the country like a peftilence. See Fe- 

 ver. 



Black vul.'ure of WilUighby aid Latham, in Ornil/jology, 

 is vuhur iiiger of Ray, Brilion, and Gmelin. 



Black vulture (crejicdj of Edwards, the vullur monachus 

 of Gmelin. 



Black luoodpicker (griatcjl), Albin. Donovan. &c., the 

 picus mari'ius of Linn. Fn. Suec. 



Black wadd. See Wadij. 



"BLACK-iwingfd parraial of Brown's Illuftrations, in Orni- 

 tholoy, is called by Gmelin pji Uncus melanoplcrus, 



BhACK-wiugcd ihrujh of Ljthani, is turdus bambia of 

 Gmelin. 



Black and luh'ite butcher-bird. Under this title the Lin- 

 nxan lanius drAia'.us is deferibed and figured by Edwards in 

 his Hiftory of Birds. Latham calls it the picdjhrile. 



Black nnd blue creeper of Edward's Gleanings, the ceri'^ia 

 cyanea of Gmelin. 



Blacs and violet creeper of Latham, h eerthia Brafiliaiia 

 of Gmelin. 



Black and li-hitc crccp:r of Edwards, znA fmall blact and 

 •white bird of Ray and Sloane, are motacilla varia of Gme- 

 lin. 



Black and -zvlite ling^sjijber of Edwards and Latham, is 

 the alcedo rudis of Gmelin. 



Black and white •wagtail ai Ray, is the pied ivaglail of 

 Latham, mouicilla madcrafpatana of BrifTon, and motacilla 

 vhidcrafpalcrijis of Graelin. 



Black, white, and red Indian creeper of Edwards, is the 

 eerlhia cruentala of Linn, and Gmcl. 



Black and yello'u> creeper. Certhiafaveola of Gmelin is 

 llcfcribcd under this name both by Edwards and Latham. 



Black and yellow daw of Brafi). Edwards under this 

 title dcfcribcs a variety of oriolus Pcificus, Linn. 



Blacx. and white diver f/mallj of Willughby and Ed- 

 wards, is aica alee of Linnxus. This bird is likewifc called 



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the GmnhndJove, or fca turtle, by Albin; and is kno\yn 

 among later writers by the name of the little auk. Pennant; 

 Donov. Brit. Birds, &c. , , • n t 



Black and white dobchick of Edwards, is the ditjiy grde 

 of later writers: Coly>i,bus obfcurus of Gmelin. 



Black and while duck [little) of Edwards, znd fpirit of 

 Ara. Zool., are anas alleola of Gmehn. 



Black and while Indian falcon, the Englifh name of faico 

 inelanolciicus (G.mel.) in Pennant's Indian Zoology, and La- 

 tham's Birds. 



Black and orange finch of Latham, z\\i fniall linck and_ 

 prance bird of Sloane and Ray, is fringilla melani9era ot 

 Gmelin. 



Black, and white fiy-catcher of Edwards's Gleanings, is 

 mujcicapa bicolor of Gmelin. 



Black ^//(/WvVc^u// of Ray, Willughby, and Albin, is 

 the black-backed gull of modern oriiithologills. Linnaeui 

 calls it larus marinus. 



Black and Hue humming-bird of Bancroft, is called by 

 Gmelin trochilus cyanomelas. 



Black and yelhw tnanakin of Edwards, is the variety /? 

 of the Gmeliiiian pipra aureola. 



Black and orange-coloured bird {/mall) of Ray and Sloane, 



is motacilla ruticilla of Linnxus, and mvfcicapa ruticilla of 



Gmelin. This is likewife the black-headed warbler of L-z- 



y\\?im, /mall American red/lart of Edwzrds, aad yellow-tailed 



fiy-calchcr of Edwards's Gleanings. 



Black and whit'. Chine/e phea/mt of Edwards. This is 

 phajianus nydhemerus of Scopoli and Gmelin. It is likewifc 

 called the pienciiled phea/ant by Latham and other late writers. 



Black and yellow /ri'i^zled /parrow of Edwards's Glean- 

 ings, h the /rizzled finch of Latham, and fringilla crijpa of 

 Gmelin. 



Black and white fiarling of Willughby, hfiurnus leueome- 

 las of Briflbn, which Gmelin gives as a variety ot the com- 

 mon ftare, or fiarling, Jlurnus vulgaris of Linnxus. 



Black and white Indian fiarling of Edwards. This is 

 fiurnus contra of Gmelin. 



Black and blue tanager of Latham, is the black and blue 

 titmou/e of Edwards, and tanagra Mexicana of Gmelin. 



Black whytlof in our Old Writers, bread of a middle 

 finenefs betwixt white and brown, called in fome parts ravel- 

 bread. 



In religious houfes, it was the bread made for ordinary 

 guefts, and diftinguitlicd from their houfliold loaf, or panis 

 convcntualis, which was pure manchet, or white bi'ead. 



Black-wo;/-, iron wrought by the blackfmith ; thus 

 called by way of oppofition to that wrought by white- 

 fmiths. 



BLACK ALL, OrFSPRiNG, in A'o^rrt/^j',an Engliih pre- 

 late, was born at London, in 1654, and educated at Cathe- 

 rine hall, in the univerfity of Cambridge. Befides feveral 

 promotions in London, he was appointed one of the chap- 

 lains in ordinary to king William, though his principles 

 were adverle to the revolution government, and he refufed 

 for two years to take the requifite oaths to king William 

 and queen Mary. On the 30th of January 1699, he 

 preached a fermon before the houfe of commons, in which 

 he animadverted on a paffage in Mr. Toland's life of Milton, 

 v/ho, after Hating the proofs that Dr. Gauden, afterwards 

 billiop of Exeter, was the true author of the book entitled 

 " Icon Bafilike," and afcribed to Charles I., obferves, that 

 many fuppofilitious pieces, under the name of Chrift, his 

 apoftlcs, and other great perfons, were publilhed and ap- 

 proved in the primitive times. But as Mr. Toland, in his 

 Amyntor, publiftied in the fame year, avowed hi? belief of 



the 



