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MORWENNOL fach: The LITTLE TERN. (North Wales) 



lit. "little sea-swallow." 

 MoRWENNOL y GOGLEDD : The ARCTIC SKUA. (North Wales) 



lit. " Arctic sea-swallow." 

 ]\IoscoviAN Black Game Cock and Hen : The CAPER- 



CAILLIE. (Albin, n, pi. 29, 30.) 

 ]\Ioss-CHEEPER or Moss-CHEEPUCK : The MEADOW-PIPIT. 



(North England and North Ireland.) 

 Moss Duck : The MALLARD. (Renfrew and Aberdeen.) 

 Moss Hen. A local Yorkshire name for the female RED 



GROUSE. 

 Moss Owl : The SHORT-EARED OWL. (Yorkshire, Forfar.) 



Swainson thought it signified Mouse Owl, and it happens 



that Mouse-hawk is a name for the species ; Nelson and 



Clarke, however, give it as a name for the species on the 



north-west fells of Yorkshire, and it might well signify its 



frequenting the mosses. 

 Mot-hen : The MOORHEN. Occurs in Turner and signifies 



"Moat-hen" (see MOORHEN). 

 Mother Carey's Chicken : The STORM-PETREL ; also any 



other small species of Petrel. Yarrell thought the name 



was given by Capt. Carteret's sailors, from some unkno%\ii 



hag of that name. 

 Moth-Hawk or ]\IoTH-HUNTER : The NIGHTJAR. (Provincial.) 

 Moth Owl : The NIGHTJAR. (Cheshire.) 

 Mountain Blackbird : The RING-OUZEL. (Ireland and 



Scotland, Yorkshire.) 

 Mountain Bunting: The SNOW-BUNTING. (Cheshire.) 



Also occurs as a distinct species in the older writers, from 



Pennant to Montagu. 



MoLTNTAiN Colley : The RING-OUZEL. (Somerset.) " Colley " 

 is from the white gorget or collar (Fr. collet). 



Mountain Finch : The SNOW-BUNTING is so called by the 

 bird-stuffers of Brechin and Kirriemuir (Gray). It is also 

 a Border and Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire name for the 

 BRMIBLING. 



Mountain Harrier. A name for the HEN-HARRIER. 



Mountain Linnet : The TWITE. (Yorkshire.) Occurs in 

 Willughby, also Pennant, etc. 



Mountain Magpie. A name for the GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 



(Montagu.) 

 Mountain Ouzel : The RING-OUZEL. (North Country.) 



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