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BULL-FINCH. 
Defcription and Character. 
F ^HE Bull -Finch at full growth, from the 
point of the bill to the tip of the tail, 
is hx inches, of which the tail is two inches 
long ; in weight, thirteen drachms : they have 
a black lhort bill, very ftrong and crooked, the 
upper part hanging over the under, like that of 
a hawk, the tongue lhort, and the eyes of a 
hazel colour ; the head and neck, in proportion, 
to the body, larger than in the generality of 
finall birds, from which they may have their 
name. In fome places they are called Nopes, 
in others Thick- Bills, and in fome Hoops : this 
laft name they have probably from their wild 
hooping fort of note. 
They are Very docile birds, and will nearlv 
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