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MaCrufe^ a bird allowed by the Roman 
Catholics to be eaten in Lent. Their ob - 
fervations rekting to this particular were 
publiihed in the Phil, l^ranf. for 1685, in 
No. 172. It proved to be the Scoter i or 
^nas nigra Linncei» 
We are now come to that performance, 
which LiNNiEUs and Haller fo juftly 
ftile Opus imnienji labor is ; and which ^ con- 
fidered as the work of one man, has per- 
haps been exceeded by none, unlefs indeed 
by that of yohn Bauhine, who, however, 
did not live to put the finifhing hand to his 
labour. 
Mr. Ray informs us, that it was at the 
perfuafion of his friend, Mr. Will ugh by, 
that he began to colledt materials, with 
a view to a General Hiftory of Plants. 
But that, after the lofs of his friend in 1672, 
he relaxed ; and, on hearing that Dr. Mo- 
ri son was employed on a fimilar defign, 
from which confiderable expectations were 
formed, at length gave up his purpofe. On 
the deceafe of Dr. Mori son in 1683, who 
left the much greater part of his work un- 
finiflied, by the perfuafion of his friends. 
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