MEADOW — MISTLE. 157 



Michaelmas Blackbird : The RING-OUZEL. (Dorset.) From 



the time of its autumnal appearance in flocks at Portland. 



:\IiDDEN Crow : The CARRION-CROW (Bewick) : midden 



=refuse. " Midden Daup " is a Craven form of the name. 



Middle Spotted Woodpecker : The young of the GREAT 



SPOTTED WOODPECKER, described by Linnteus as 



a separate species, and called JNIiddle Spotted Woodpecker 



by Pennant and other A\Titers up to ^Montagu. 



Migratory Pigeon : The Passenger-Pigeon. (Eyton.) 



]VIilfran: The CARRION-CROW. (North Wales) lit. 



" carrion crow." 

 Miller. An old name for the HEN-HARRIER. The name 

 was applied only to the grev male birds. It appears also 

 to be a local name for the WHITETHROAT, and Swainson 

 savs it is a Shropshire name for the young SPOTTED 

 FLYCATCHER. 

 Miller's Thumb or Tom Thumb : The GOLDEN CRESTED 

 WREN and the WILLOW- WARBLER (Roxburgh); 

 the CHIFFCHAFF, WILLOW- WARBLER and WOOD- 

 WARBLER (Yorkshire). From their small size. 

 MmuTE Tringa : The LITTLE STINT. (Selby.) 

 Mire-Crow: The BLACK-HEADED GULL. " (Willughby.) 

 Mire-drum : The BITTERN. (Montagu and others.) Probably 



now obsolete. 

 MiRE Drumble : The GREAT WHITE HERON. The name 

 occurs in Merrett (1667) who applies it to Ardea alba. The 

 name " iNIire Drum " has also been used for the COMMON 

 BITTERN, while Turner's ]Mire Drumble appears to be 

 the LITTLE EGRET. 

 Mire Duck: The MALLARD. (Forfar.) 

 Mire Snipe : The CONDIGN SNIPE. (Aberdeen.) 

 Miret: The COMMON TERN. (Cornwall.) 

 Missel-bird or Missel Thrush : The MISTLE-THRUSH. 

 Misseltoe-thrush : The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Charleton.) 

 MISTLE-THRUSH [No. 156]. There seems no doubt that 

 the name of this bird is a contraction of Mistletoe Thrush, 

 and should be spelled " IVIistle " in place of " Missel." It 

 is mentioned by Turner, who says it is particularly knoAvn 

 as " Thrushe," as distinguished from the Song-thi'ush, 

 which he calls " Throssel, or Ma\ds." The name " Mistletoe 

 Thrush " occurs first in Merrett (1667); Charleton (1668) 

 has " Misseltoe-thrush or Shreitcii," while Willughby 

 calls it the "Missel-bird or Shi-ite." That "Missel" 



