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in Merrett's list as " Wild Duck " and in Willughby and 

 Ray as the " common wild Duck and Mallard." Most 

 British authors from Pennant onward call it the Wild 

 Duck. 



MALLEMUCK. An old Dutch-mariner's name for the FULMAR. 

 Now corrupted into " Molly-mawk," and applied to various 

 other species such as the BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS. 

 " Mallemucke " occurs for the Fulmar in Martin's "Voyage 

 to Spitzbergen," and Bewick (1804) gives "Mallemoke." 

 Mallemock, Mallimoke, Malmock, or Malduck are still 

 Shetland names for the Fulmar, and Mollemoke or Molle- 

 mawk Yorkshire names both for that species and the 

 GLAUCOUS GULL. 



MAN-OF-WAR BIRD : The ARCTIC SKUA. (Provincial.) 



MANX SHEARWATER [No. 328]. The name first occurs in 

 Selby. Willughby calls it the " Puffin of the Isle of Man," 

 and Edwards the " Manks Puffin." Pennant terms it the 

 Manx Petrel and Montagu simply " Shearwater." 

 Willughby quotes Sir Thomas Browne as saying that it 

 " doth as it were radere aquam, shear the water, from whence 

 perhaps it had its name." 



MARBLE THRUSH. A name for the MISTLE-THRUSH 



(Northants.) ; from the marble-like spots on its breast. 



MARBURAN. A Cornish name for the RAVEN. 

 MARCH OWL : The SHORT-EARED OWL. (Provincial.) 

 MARIGOLD BIRD. This name is found in Rutty's "Nat. Hist. 

 of Co. Dublin," 1772, and seems to be 'the GOLDEN- 

 CRESTED WREN, which is known elsewhere as Mary- 

 gold Finch, according to Hett. 



MARIGOLD FINCH: The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. (Pro- 

 vincial.) 



MARIONETTE. A name for the BUFFEL-HEADED DUCK. 



(Hett.) 



MARKET JEW CROW. A Cornysh name for the CHOUGH, and 

 also the HOODED CROW, from their frequenting the 

 neighbourhood of Marazion. (Swainson.) 



MARROTT: The COMMON GUILLEMOT (South Scotland); 

 also applied to the RAZORBILL in East Lothian and 

 Aberdeen. It also occurs as Marrock and is derived from 

 Icel. Mar, from the cry of the bird. According to Swainson 

 Marrot is also a name for the PUFFIN. 



MARSH GOOSE: The GREY LAG-GOOSE. (Provincial.) 



