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Molue, or Mollue, or Morue. — French name for the Cod, which is identical 

 in Europe and America. Used by Cartier, in 1534, as Molucs. Cham- 

 plain, in 1604, used Mclliie, Lescarbot used Morue, Denys always used 

 Molue. The forms molue and monte are used interchangeably from the 

 earliest times down to the present, showing the ease of transition in 

 French from r to 1. See also Apege. 



Musquash. — See Rat Musqué. 



Murre. — English name applied to the bird in Europe. Mentioned by Park- 

 hurst as occurring in Newfoundland in 1578. Called by the French 

 Marmettc and also Poule de Mer. 



Nibachés. — Name used by Lescarbot for an animal of Acadia, which his de- 

 scription shows to be the Raccoon. This is confirmed by the picture 

 of the aiiimîil, doubtless the first ever made^ given by Champlain on 

 his map of 1612, and named nihachis. The name is not French, and, 

 moreover, is given by Lescarbot in the italic type he uses for names 

 of Indian origin. Accordingly, the name would appear to be Micmac, 

 but I can find nothing like it in Rand's works, the name he gives for 

 the Raccoon being a very different word. 



Niridau. — Name used for the Ruby-throated Humming Bird by Lescarbot, 

 who describes it fully and unmistakably. Le Clercq calls in ISllrido. 

 The name is the Micmac Vv'Ord for this bird, with the usual substitu- 

 tion of French r for Indian 1; it is given by Rand as MUedow. This 

 adoption of the Indian name was natural, since there is nothing like 

 this bird in France. By others it was called Oiseau mouehe, while 

 Dieréville applies to it a French name, colihri.s 



Noisette, or Noysette. — French name for the European Hazel, extended to 

 our American species. Used first by Champlain in 1603, and by Denys, 

 who applies noisettes to the nuts and noizilliers to the bushes. By 

 earlier voyagers called Coudre. 



Noizilliers. — See Noisette. 



Noyers. — French name for the European Walnut tree, which does not occur 

 in America, transferred to other Nut-bearing American trees, notably 

 the Butternut and the Hickories. Used first by Cartier, in 1535, in 

 this form, no doubt for the Butternut; used also by others later. Denys' 

 description makes it plain that he applied the name to the Butternut. 

 This is, of course, the icalinit of Hakluyt's translation of Roberval's 

 Voyage of 1542. 



Oie. — See Oye. 



Oignons. — Mentioned by LescarVjot, and, of course, the common Allium 

 Schoenoprasum, often called chives. 



Oiseau mouche. — Name meaning Fly Bird, applied by the French to the 

 Ruby-throated Humming Bird. Thus called by Father Le Jeune, in 

 1635, and by Denys, both writers giving a description making its ident- 

 ity unmistakable, as does Sagard. Called by Lescarbot Miridaii, its 

 Micmac name. 



