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* BULACAN. 653 BULFINCH. is sitnatod about •12 miles from Manila by rail. It is built mostly of stone and has a population of about 13,200.' BXJXAK, boTT-lak'. A suburb and port of Cairo, Ejrypt, situated on the ri^lit bank of the Xile, 2 or 3 miles north of Cairo (Map: Kjjypt, E 2). It is connected with Cairo by an electric tramway and contains a fine mosque, foundries, a paper-mill, a factory of arms, and one of the ]ar;;cst printing houses in Egypt. The Egypto- logical museum formerly located at Bulak has been transferred to Ghizeh. BtrLALACATTNTO, boo-la'la-kou'nd. A wild Iilalayan people in central Palawan Island. See Pjiiltppinks. BULAMA, boo-lii'ma. One of the Bissagos Islands (q.v.;. BXILAN, brTu'lan. A town of Luzon, Philip- pines, in the Province of Albay. It is situated 21 miles from Albay, the capital, and has a pop- ulation of 11,000. BtTLATJ, boo'lou (Malay), or TiKUS. A rat- like insectivore {Giiminira liafftcsi) of the Ma- layan Islands, closely akin to the hedgehogs, but without spines or ability to roll into a ball. The body is 12 to 14 inches and the tail 9 or 10 inches long ; the color is black and white, with a black stripe over each eye; the fur mixed with long bristly hairs, and tail nearly naked. The animal feeds on insects, and secretes a strong odor of musk. BTTLATJ, bii'lou, Friedrich (1805-59). A (Jerman writer on political economy. He was born at Freil>erg and studied at the University of Leipzig (1823-26), where he was appointed in 1833 to the chair of applied philosophy and political science. The principal works of this prolific writer include: Encyklcrpadie der Staats- uissenschaften (2d ed., 1855) ; Geschichte des eiiropiiischen fftaatensijstems (1837-39); Wahl- recht ttnd Wahherfahren (1849); Geheime Ge- schichten und riitselhaffe Menschen (12 vols., 18.50-60: 2d ed., 1863-64). BTJLB (Fr. bulhe, Lat. bulbus, from Gk. /3o//3i}f, bolbos, bulbous root). A leaf-bud, mostly BULB OF TCUP. subterranean, in which tlic leaf-bases are thick- ened, being full of stored food. The thickened leaf-bases are very much crowded together and form the conspicuous part of the bulb. 'Scaly' bulbs are those in which the leaf-bases are com- paratively narrow and small, and are imbricated, as in the common lily. 'Tunicated' or 'coated' bulbs are those in which the leaf-bases are very large and completely enwraj) one another, form- ing concentric coats, as in the onion and tuli]). When fresh, the scales of the tunicated bulb are rather thick, but when dry they become tliin. and even papery. 'Bull)lets' are small aerial liulbs which cither replace llower-beds, as in the onion, or which arise from the axils of leaves, as in the tiger-lily. The significance of bulbs in the life history of the plants which produce them is that they en- able the plants to develop new working struc- tures with great rapidity. For example, a new plant completely equipped for work may be de- rived from a bulb in very much shorter time than from the seed. Such a habit enables plants to take advantage of short seasons of opportunity. See Geophyte. BUXBtTL, bulljiil. Originally an Arabic- Persian name for the Persian nightingale {Duti- lins Ihifi:!), which found its way into English poetry chielly through the patronage of Lord Byron. But the same name is given in southern and southeastern Asia to various birds of the family Pycnonotida?, especially to those of the genus Pycnonotus. These are small birds, often of very brilliant plumage, closely allied to the thrushes, occurring in India, Persia, and Pales- tine, and southward to South Africa. The com- mon bulbul of India (Pijcnonotiis hwmorrlwiis) is a familiar visitor in small companies- to all gardens, tea-plantations, etc., from Ceylon to Bengal. It ''not infrequently builds its nest in verandas, and is consequently a universal favor- ite with Europeans." Its singing is a 'chirruping warble,' and it feeds upon fruits. The crested males are highly pugnacious — a trait utilized for amusement. Says Murray, Avifauna of the Island of Ceylon (London,' 1890) : "It is com- monly caged throughout India, or kept tied by a cord around the waist. Being pugnacious, they are made to fight for small prizes, and when being trained for this purpose are fed on minced meat and a compound made of wheat flour, sugar, and milk, boiled together." A South African species (Pycnonotus tricolor) has the amusing habit of becoming intoxicated upon syringa-ber- ries and fermenting fruits, when it reels along the ground and is easily captured ( Layard, Birds of Houth Africa, London, 1875-84). See Colored Plate with Tuiasii, and Plate of Lyre-uikd, etc. BTIL'FINCH, CnAHi.ES (1763-1844). An AmcriciiM architect. He was born in Boston, graduated at Harvard in 1781, and spent the years 1785-87 in travel and the study of archi- tecture abroad. His first important work was the designing in 1793 of the old Federal Street Theatre, Boston, the first playhouse erected in Kew England. In 1795 he drew the plans for the 'new' State House in Boston, which was com- pleted in 1798. In 1805 he remodeled Faneuil Hall; in 1810, designed the Suffolk County Court House, in Boston, and in I8I4 designed the Uni- versity Hall, in Cambridge. From 1798 to 1818 he was elected annually chairman of the Board