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Jack Merlin : The male of the ^MERLrN" in falconry (see 

 " Jack "). 



Jack Nicker, Jack-a-Nickas, or Nicker Nocker : The GOLD- 

 FINCH. (Cheshire.) The first name is also found in 

 Northants and Shropshire. 



Jack Plover : The DUNLIN. (North Riding, Yorkshire.) 



Jacksaw : The GREAT TITMOUSE. So caUed from its note 

 in many parts of Scotland (Gray). It is also appHed 

 on the Yorkshire coast to the GOOSANDER, on account of 

 its saw-like bill. 



JACK SNIPE [No. 410] lit. hoij or half snipe. So called from 

 its being a miniature of the CO:\DiON SNIPE. The name 

 occurs in Merrett (1667), also in Willughby, who calls the 

 species the " Gid or Jack-Snipe, or Judcock," and says 

 he " thought it not to differ from the Snipe in kind, but 

 only in sex, taking it to be the Cock-Snipe. But afterwards 

 being advised by Mr. M. Lister, I found it to differ specific- 

 ally : for dissecting several of these small ones some proved 

 to be males, some females." Swainson says the same be- 

 lief is still held in Ireland, the JACK SNIPE being beheved 

 to be the male and the C0]\OI0N SNIPE the female, on 

 which account it is called Jill Snipe. At Longdendale, 

 Cheshire, the name " Jack Snipe " is also apphed to the 

 CO^nrON SANDPIPER, and in the Shetland Isles to the 

 DUNLIN. 

 Jack-squealer : The SWIFT. (Upton-on-Severn.) 



Jack-straw : The WHITETHROAT (Shropshire) ; the 

 BLACKCAP (Somerset). In reference to the materials 

 of which the nest is composed. 



Jacob. A name for the STARLING. (Near Beverley, York- 

 shire.) 



Jadreka SmPE : The BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. (Pennant, 

 Latham, Le\dn, Montagu, etc.) 



Jager : The GREAT SKUA. 



Jan-Chochail. a Gaehc name for the LONG-TAILED 



DUCK. (Hebrides.) From its plaintive cry. 

 Jar-bird : The NUTHATCH. (Hett.) 



Jar-owl : The NIGHTJAR. (Provincial.) From its jarring 



note and nocturnal habits. 

 Jar-peg: The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Northants.) 



Baker says it is " because it stands on an old stump and 



strikes Avith its beak on a hard knot or peg, so that the 



jar is heard at a great distance," 



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