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JACK MERLIN : The male of the MERLIN 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 called from its note 

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

 on the Yorkshire coast to the GOOSANDER, on account of 

 its saw-like bill. 



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

 its being a miniature of the COMMON 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 believed 

 to be the male and the COMMON SNIPE the female, on 

 which account it is called Jill Snipe. At Longdendale, 

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

 COMMON 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 SNIPE : The BLACK-TAILED GOD WIT. (Pennant, 

 Latham, Lewin, Montagu, etc.) 



JAGER : The GREAT SKUA. 



JAN-CHOCHAIL. A Gaelic 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 with its beak on a hard knot or peg, so that the 



jar is heard at a great distance." 



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