154 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



MARSH-HARRIER [No. 245]. This species, so called from 

 its predilection for marshes and bogs, is the Moor-Buzzard 

 of all our earlier writers, from Willughby and Ray up to 

 Fleming (1842). Edwards, however, has Marsh Hawk. 

 Marsh Harrier seems to occur first in Selby (1825.) 



MARSH HAWK: The MARSH-HARRIER. (Edwards.) 



MARSH HEN: The MOORHEN. (Provincial.) 



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



MARSH REEDLING : The REED-WARBLER. (Provincial.) 



MARSH-SANDPIPER [No. 397]. An Asiatic species which 

 has been taken four times in England. The name is probably 

 a translation of Bechstein's name for the species (Totanus 

 sta,gnatilis.) 



MARSH - TITMOUSE [No. 97, British Marsh-Titmouse]. 

 First occurs in Willughby (1678). This form is now 

 considered to be restricted to England and Wales, its 

 place being taken in Scotland by the WILLOW-TITMOUSE 

 (q.v.), which however also occurs along with it in many 

 localities in England. 



MARSH- WARBLER [No. 137]. A scarce and local summer- 

 visitor, so called from the situations it is supposed to 

 frequent, but the name is more or less of a misnomer. 



MARTHIN DDU. A Welsh name for the SWIFT ; literally 

 " Black Martin." 



MARTHIN 'PENBWL. A Welsh name for the MARTIN. 



MARTIN [No. 197]. From Fr. Martin, a proper name. 

 Usually called House-Martin in modern works. The 

 first name, " Martin," occurs in Merrett (1667) and 

 Willughby (1678). Turner (1544) calls this species "rok 

 martinette or chirche martnette." 



MARTINET, MARTINETTE, MARTNET, MARTLET: The MARTIN. 

 Martinet is Fr. for the SWIFT. "Martlet" occurs in 

 Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" (act n, sc. 9) : 



. . . Like the martlet 

 Builds in the weather 911 the outward wall. 



MARTIN-OIL: The STORM-PETREL is so called in Galway 

 according to Swainson. It seems as though " oil-martin " 

 is intended. 



MARTIN SNIPE: The GREEN SANDPIPER. (Norfolk.) 

 Stevenson says it is from the white upper tail-coverts and 

 rump forming such a contrast to its dark body. 



MARTIN SWALLOW: The MARTIN. (East Lothian.) 



MASKED GULL: The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Fleming.) 



