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thought to bt defenfive or offenfive, as a true Horn, but 
muft have fome other ufe. 
Being taken in any convenient Liquor, faith Pifd, to the 
quantity of about it is often fuccefsful in Malignant 
Fevers, and againft Poyfon, by provoking fweat. 
The SPUR of the UNICORNE BIRD. It grows as is 
above faid, on the fore-Joynt of the Wings. Triangular, 
fharp-pointed, and an inch and ? long. Said by Marggra- 
vius, miftakingly, to be ftrait 3 it being crooked (a little 
upwards) as a Cocks Spur 3 and thereby fit more effectually 
to wound. 
The HEAD of the SHOVLER or SPOONBILL. 
The former Name the more proper, the end of the Bill 
being broad like a Shovel, but not Concave like a Spoon, 
but perfectly flat. The extremity of each Beak is a little 
hooked downward. And they are both made very rough 
within with numerous and crooked Striae. A device of 
Nature, for the better holding of the Prey. 
This Bird is of affinity with the Heron-kind, from 
which he fcarce differs in any Part, faving the Bill. He 
feeds on Shell-fifh. Wherewith having fill'd his Crop, he 
lets them lie there, till the heat of it makes them open : 
whereupon difgorging them, he picks the meat out of 
the Shells. Related by Gefner out of Ariftotle, JElian, and 
a) Lib.2.de Cicero, (a) 
k Deo- The SEA . CU RLEW. By the people of Brafile, called 
Guara. By Clufim and other Latin Authors, Numenius 
Indicus, and Arcuata Coccinea. Given by Dr. Walter Charl- 
ton. See the Defcription hereof in WiUughbys Omithologia. 
About as big as a Shoveler, long Leg'd, fhort Taifd, with 
a Bill llender, long, and crooked like a Sithe. But that 
which is moft remarkable, is the alteration of his colours, 
being at firft black, then afh-colour d 3 next white, after that 
fcarlet, and laft of all crimfon, which grows the richer die, 
joh. dc tne longer he lives, (b) 
J.&wu. The BRASILIAN MOOR-HEN, called ^/z*. Given 
Omith. by Dr. Richard Lower. See Marggraviuss Defcription 
hereof. The Colours not the fame in all parts, as in that 
of Marggravius 3 the hinder part of the Back and Tail 
being here of a bright Bay or Cheftnut , inclining to 
red: in his, only black and green mixed. Perhaps 
depending 
