DCHP-1 Online
bullbird Nfld 
n. the dovekie, Alle alle; little auk.
See also: bull ((2))
- 1861 This year, with the mild weather, there came upon us innumerable quantities of small wild-fowl, called by the settlers "bull-birds."
- 1958 Many of those Dovekies (locally known as Bullbirds) will later follow the Labrador Current down along the Newfoundland coast.
- 1861 This year, with the mild weather, there came upon us innumerable quantities of small wild-fowl, called by the settlers "bull-birds."