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The Natural Hiffory of the Book IX. 
The BRowN BuAck-sPOTTED SMALL Concu. 
Concha Veneris parva fubfufca levis nigris maculis donata. 
HIS is a very {mall well-polifhed Shell, not much exceeding a 
» . Quarter of an Inch, Its Back is high-raifed, and variegated with 
blackith Spots. 
T he SMALL DARK-COLOURED CoNCH. 
Concha Veneris fubfufea levis, elato dorfo bifafciata. Lift. Hift. Con- 
chyl. Tab. 670. 
#5 1 js from an Inch to two Inches long, of a dark-reddifh 
Brown: In every thing elfe it refembles the laft-defcribed. 
The SMALL WHITE ConcHA VENERIS. 
Concha Veneris alba. 
an Inch long: Thefe often go here by the Name of Rice-/bells, 
ale. HI S isa very {mall white Conch, not much above a Quarter of 
and at a Diftance very much refemble that Grain. 
The Music-SHELL. 
This is what Doétor Lifter calls Buccinum muficum grave, faciatum ex 
lineis quibufdam interfectis, et maculatum,: clavicula leniter muricata. 
HIS Shell is about two Inches long, and near an Inch broad 
towards the Clavicle: Its Mouth is large: The Circumvolutions 
are fcarce perceivable, feveral longitudinal Rifings fupplying feemingly 
their Places: The Shell is thick and ponderous, and of a Flefh-colour, 
regularly niarked with blackifh ftrait Lines and feeming Notes, as if 
drawn for Mufic: Thefeare as regularly croffled with other leffer Lines : 
It is from thefe that it derives the Name of Mujrc—fbell. 
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