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refernbles a grafshopper, or rather a cricket, except 
that the wings are not cruciated. Exclufive of 
thefe, naturalifts notice the Apple-tree Bug, and the 
Germander Bug; and probably there are particular 
Ipecies belonging to nnany other trees. 
Bug, Oblong Dung, Linnseus defcribes this 
Bug as a cimex with a crooked trunk, having feelers 
like hairs at the ends, and an oblong black body. 
It feeds on flies, and other infefts ; and is furnifhed 
with fix feet, the hindermofl of which are very long, 
clavated, and thick near the claws. It is covered 
with filth ; of which, however, it can eafily diveft it- 
felf, and fo change it's appearance as to deceive 
the eye of the fpeftator. It is fliaped fomewhat 
like a fpider; and has a hairy furrowed body, of an 
afh colour, which appears like earth when it is dry. 
The head and feelers are deftitute of hair, except 
the laft joint of the feelers; and the trunk is 
crooked, and incurvated. 
Bug, Green Stove. This infe6l, which is of 
a flat oval fhape, and a greenifh colour, firmly ad- 
heres to the bark or leaves of trees. The back 
is a little prominent; the belly is hollowed, the 
fore-part being blunt, and the hind forked. So 
little does it refemble an animal externally, that it 
was long taken for an excrefcence on the plant on 
which it was found. It appears in a kind of Ihell, 
or covering, which inclofes the body of the infeft. 
It is furnifhed with fix very flender legs; the eyes 
are fmail and black ; ^nd the feelers are very flen- 
der. This animal poffefles the faculty of thrufting 
out it's legs at pleafure, and fometimes moves flow- 
ly about ; however, it generally adheres to the leaf 
of the tree, continuing in the fame place, and ex- 
trafting the juice. The male is a linall fly, miuch 
inferior in fize to the female: it has a flender ob- 
long body, and long legs; the feelers are fhort; and 
the wings are white. The female is commonly 
found on orange and lemon-trees prelerved in 
flroves in green-houfes ; and is probably the fame 
with the coccus of the citron-tree, or the fhielded 
loufe of L^innjeus. 
BUGEE. A very fcarce fpecies of monkey 
fometimes imported from India, it's native coun- 
try, into England, and publicly exhibited. It is 
about the fize of a beaver, and nearly of the fiime 
colour; but it's tail and clav/s prove it to be wholly 
of the monkey kind. 
BUGELUGEY. A large fpecies of lizard, 
called by Clufius, and fome other naturalifl;s, by 
the indeterminate name of lacertus Indicus. It 
grows to the enormous length of four feet, and 
meafures nine inches round. The tail is very 
long, and terminates in an extremely flender point. 
BUGLOSSUS. A name often applied to the 
foal-fifli. 
BULIN. A fpecies of fea-fnail. 
BULL. The male of the cow kind. See 
Cow, Ox. 
BULLA. A genus of univalve fhells ; whofe 
general characters are, that the fhell is fub-oval, that 
the aperture is oblong and fmooth, and that one 
end is a little convoluted. 
Bulla, Wood. This fhell is of an oval figure, 
tranfverfely ftriated. It is narrower at the one 
end than the other, and a little umbilicated. The 
colour is dirty, and refernbles fbme forts of wood, 
whence the trivial name. The whole length of 
the fhell is about two inches. 
Bulla, Obtuse. The fhell of this fpecies is 
very brittle, and more obtufe at the end ; and the 
inner fide folds over the columella, fo as to render 
it invifibie. 
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Bulla, Cylindric. This fpecies is white, of 
a cylindric figure, a little umbilicated at the end, 
and about twice the fize of a grain of wheat. 
Bulla, Open. One end of this fhell is pro- 
duced, and fufiform ; and the aperture is very wide. 
The word Bulla alio fignifies a genus of worms 
of the order of tefhacea. 
BULLCARD. An Englifli name for the 
alauda non criftata of Rondeletius; a fmall fea- 
fifh caught on the Cornifh coafts, and near the Ifle 
of Anglefey; called by Pennant the fmooth blenny, 
BULL-DOG. One of the moil fierce and 
flrong of the canine race, having the nofe fliort, 
and the under-jaw longer than the upper. The 
breed is in a manner peculiar to England; but, 
ever fince the lavage cuftom of bull-baiting has 
happily been on the decline, it has fuflered negled. 
Such is the flrrength and ferocity of thefe animals, 
that four of them have been known to mafter a 
lion ; and when they are turned loofe on a bull, 
and have once properly feized him, nothing fhorc 
of the lofs of life, or the giving way of the part, 
can difengage them. While that barbarous amufe- 
ment continued in vogue, various inftances of fa- 
vage fortitude have occurred in the feats of this 
breed, which would fcarcely be credited in coun- 
tries where the diverfions are more rational and 
elegant. 
BULL-FINCH. A well-known bird of the 
fparrow kind, the wild note of which is deftitute 
of melody : but, when tamed, it becomes remark- 
ably docile; and maybe taught any tune by means 
of a pipe, or to whiftle any notes in the trueft man- 
ner, and feldom forgets it's acquirements. Itfoon 
becomes fo very tame, as to attend it's mafter's 
call, perch on his fl^ioulder, and go through it's 
m.ufical leiTons at com.mand. It may even be taught 
to fpeak : and fome of thefe birds, thus inftrudted, 
are annually imported from Germany. 
The Bull-Finch is about the fize of a common 
fparrow: the bill is flrong, fliort, black, and 
crooked like that of a parrot; the tongue is like- 
wife fliort; the eyes are of a hazel colour; the 
head is large in proportion to the body ; the br eaft 
is crimfon, as well as the jaws and the throat; 
but the top of the head, and the fides of the 
bill, are of a fiije fhining black. Part of the neck, 
the fhoulders, and back, are of a blueifh afh-colour, 
fliaded with red ; and the belly and rump are white. 
The exterior webs of fome of the quill-feathers are 
red, and the interior of a fine glofly black ; others 
are black with duflcy edges, and of a blueifh giofs j 
and fomic again have their exterior edges white, 
forming a kind of white tranfverfe bar on each 
wing. The tail is two inches long, and of a fhin- 
ing black; the legs are of a duflcy colour; and the 
claws are black. The male is diflinguifned by 
the fuperior blacknefs of his crown, and by the rich 
crimfon which adorns his breaft, cheeks, and 
throat; while thofe of the female are of a dirty co- 
lour. However, they are with difficulty diflin-. 
guifaed when young; but, by plucking a few fea- 
thers from the breaft when the bird is about three ' 
weeks old, in ten days time the fecret may be dif^ 
covered; the growing nafcent plumage appearing 
of a fine crimfon, if a cock; -but of a palifli brown, 
if a hen. 
Bull-Finches delight to feed on the buds of fruit- 
trees, fuch as the apple, pear, and peach ; but as 
they always fele6l the blowing buds, they are ex- 
tremely noxious to gardeners ; and are accordingly 
deftroyed as often as they can be met with in the 
adc of plundering. 
Thefe 
