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B U L 
Thefe birds breed very late in the fpring, the 
young ones being feldom hatched before the mid- 
die of June. They ufually form their nefts eitlier 
in gardens, orchards, parks, or other places which 
abound with trees; and conceal them with a 
confiderable degree of addrefs. The hen lays 
four or five eggs, of a blueifh colour, and fprinkled 
at their largeft ends with large dark fpots of a 
brov/n or reddifh hue. If the young are intended 
to be fecured, they muft not be removed before 
they are twelve or fourteen days old. They Hiould 
then be kept very warm and clean, and fed fpa- 
ringly every two hours from morning till night. 
The-ir food muft be rape-feed, foaked in clean wa- 
ter eight or ten hours, and then fcalded and bruifed ; 
after v/hich it fhould be mixed with an equal quan- 
tity of white bread, foaked in water, ftrained, and 
afterwards boiled thick with milk. This prepa- 
ration fliould be made frefh every day; but when 
they are able to feed themfelves, they mufc be 
weaned from their foft meat as foon as poffible, and 
then fed with rape and canary fceds. If they hap- 
pen to be indifpofed, a blade of faffron fliould be 
put into their vater ; and, v/hile- young, they ihould 
be accuftomed to the found of fuch notes as they 
are intended to learn, which they will readily ac- 
quire. 
BuLL-FiNCH, Brazilian. Thisfpecies is about 
the fize of the lark, arid has a ftraight bill. The 
vhole head, the throat, and the lower and middle 
part of the neck, are of a fine blood-colour; the 
back is grey, mixed with black feathers; the upper 
part of the bill is brown, the lower being of a light 
carnation; the legs are cinereous; the v/ings and 
tail are a mixture of black and grey; and tlie eyes 
have blueifh pupils. 
BuLL-FiNCH, Greater,- OF Edwards. The 
bill of this fpecies, which feems to be a native of 
fome p3j-t of America, is pretty thick towards the 
bafe, flighdy arched on the upper part, terminating 
in a point, and entirely of a whitifli colour. The 
top and fides of the head, the upper part of the 
neck, the back, the wings, and the tail, are of a 
dark brown colour inclining to black, the feathers 
being edged VvUth a lighter brown, which forms a 
very agreeable mixture. The throat, the under 
fide of the neck, the breaft, and the belly, are of a 
very fine fcarlet colour; the fuperior parts of the 
wings, and a little way down their ridges, are of the 
fame colour as the breaft ; the infides of the wings 
are duficy • the thighs, the lovv^er belly, and the co- 
vert-feathers under the tail, are of a black brown 
colour; the rail is pretty fliort in proportion to tlie 
fize of the bird ; the legs, the feet, and the claws, 
are of a light brown; and there are four toes on 
each foot. 
BuLL-FiNCH, Little Brown. This curious 
little bird has a white bill. The top and fides of the 
head, the upper part of the neck, the back, the 
wings, and the tail, are of a dark brown colour; 
the borders of the feathers are fomewhat lighter 
than their centres ; the infides of the wings are of a 
light brown; the throat, the under fide of the neck, 
the breaft, the belly, the thighs, and the covert-fea- 
thers under the tail, are of a dull reddifh orange; 
and the legs, the feet, and the claws, are of a dull 
brown. '--f • 
Bull-Finch, North American, the Great- 
est OF Edwards. This beautiful bird is feven 
inches long. The fhape of the bill, and the co- 
lour of the breaft, are like thofe of the commion 
Bull-Finch i the upper cjiap is black, arched, and 
fomewhat longer than the lower ; and the lower is 
of areddifn flefh-colour, except the point, which is 
black. The head, the throat, the breaft, and the 
rump, are fcarlet; and from the noftrils to the eyes 
on each fide there runs a blackifh line. The fca- 
tliers on the hinder part of the neck and back are 
black, tipped with fcarlet; the' wings are blackj 
the greater quill-feathers next the back are tipped 
and bordered with v/hite, forming two oblique 
white bars acrofs each wing; the leffer coverts of 
the wings are a little fringed with red ; the belly 
and thighs are- of a light afli-colour ;^ithe tail is 
black above, but inclining to cinereous beneath; 
and the legs are of a blackiih brown. 
BULL-FROG. This very fingular animal 
is a native of Carolina, and derives it's name from 
it's bellowing exactly like a bull, v/hich excites 
the admiration of ftrangers. Catefby informs us, 
that it is of a deep brov/n colour, having a great 
number of dark fpots mixed v/ith others of a green- 
ifh red ; and that it grows to a very large fize. 
The eyes are brown; tlie irides are yellow; and 
under the eyes there are tv/o round ears covered 
with thin mem.branes. 
BULL-HEAD, or MILLER's THUMB. 
This fifti is only four or five inches long. The head 
is of a roundiftu fliape, large, broad, and depreffed ; 
and the gill-fins are round, and beautifully notched 
at their circumference. At the rife of the covert 
of the gills on each fide there is a crooked prickle. 
The miouth is large, and full of fmall teeth ; the 
back is yellow, with three or four black ftripes; 
the. belly is whitifli; and the body is defcitute of 
fcales. The haunts of this fiih are in clear and 
gravelly brooks and rivers, under ftones, or in 
holes. It bites at a fmall red worm all the fum- 
mer feafon; and is fo remarkably ftupid, that 
whatever number may be together, the moft inex- 
pert angler may catch them all. When young, it 
forms a defireable bait for trout. The fpawning- 
time is in April. 
Bull-Head, Armed. This fifh, to which 
fome naturalifts give the name of the pogge, 
is very common on the Britifh coafts. It fel- 
dom exceeds five inches and a half in length, and 
but rarely attains to that fize. The head is large, 
bony, and very rugged; the extremity of the nofe 
is armed with four fiiort upright fpines; and on 
the throat there appear a number of fliort white 
beards. The teeth are very minute; the body is 
o£lagonal, and covered with a number of ftrong 
bony crufts, divided into feveral compartments, the 
ends of which projeft into fnarp points, and foim 
feveral echinated lines along the bade and fides. 
The firft dorfal fin confifts of fix fpiny rays; 
the fecond, which confifts of feven foft ones, is 
placed juft behind the fi.rft; and the peftoral fins, 
v/hich are broad and rounded, are compofed of 
fifteen rays. 
BULL-TROUT, called alfo the Sea-Trout. 
This fpecies, like the falmon, migrates up feveral of 
the Britifh rivers, fpawns, and then revifits the fea. 
The body, which is thicker than that of the com- 
mon Trout, v/eighs upwards of three pounds; the 
irides are filvery ; the head is thick, fmooth, and 
dufky, vv'ith a glofs of blue and green; tiie back is 
plain, and of the fame colour, but becomes 
more faint towards the fide line; and the fides, 
as far as the lateral line, are marked with large, 
diftinci:, irregular black fpots; the lateral line is 
ftTaight; the fides beneath the line, and the belly, 
are white ; and the tail is broad, and even at the 
end. 
