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Part I. 
("<0 Lib.2.de 
Nat. Deo- 
rum. 
(b ) Joh. dc 
Laet lib. 15. 
c.13. & Wil. 
Otnith. 
Of Water-Forvles. 
thought to be defenfive or offenfive, as a true Horn, but 
mult have fome other ufe. 
Being taken in any convenient Liquor, faith Pifo, to the 
quantity of about 3 b, it is often fuccefsful in Malignant 
Fevers, and againft Poyfon, by provoking fvveat. 
Tlie SPUR of the UNICORNE BIRD. It grows as is 
above faid, on the fore-Joyntof the Wings. Triangular, 
Sharp-pointed, and an inch and t long. Said by Marggra- 
uius , miftakingly, to be flrait; it being crooked (a little 
upwards) as a Cocks Spur$ 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 Bat. The extremity of each Beak is a little 
hooked downward. And they are both made very rough 
within with numerous and crooked Stria. 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, having the Ball. He 
feeds on ShelLfilh. 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 , /Elian , and 
Cicero, (a) 
The SEA-CURLEW. By the people of Brafile , called 
Guar a. By C luflics and other Latin Authors, Numenius 
Indicus , and Arcuata Coccinea. Given by Dr. Walter Charl¬ 
ton. See the Defcnption hereof in IVi Hugh by s Ornithologia. 
About as big as a Shoveler, long Leg’d, lhort Tail’d, with 
a Bill flender, long, and crooked like a Sithe. But that 
which is moll remarkable, is the alteration of his colours, 
being at firft black, then alh-colour’d ; next white, after that 
fcarlet, and laft of all crimfon, which grows the richer die, 
the longer he lives. ( b) 
The BRASILIAN MOOR-HEN, called Jacana. Given 
by Dr. Richard Lower. See Marggraviud s Description 
hereof. The Colours not the fame in all parts, as in that 
of Marggravius 5 the hinder part of the Back and Tail 
being here of a bright Bay or Cheflnut, inclining to 
red: in his, only black and green mixed. Perhaps 
depending 
