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MASKED SHRIKE [No. 111]. This southwest Asiatic species 

 was first recorded for the British Isles in 1905, by Mr. Nicoll 

 ("Bull. B.O.C.," xvi, p. 22). 



MATTAGESS or MATTAGASSE : The GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 

 The name occurs in Willughby (1678), who remarks that 

 it is a name borrowed from the Savoyards. It was for- 

 merly used by falconers, who employed this species 

 sometimes. 



MAVIS : The SONG-THRUSH. From Fr. Mauvis. Probably 

 not now much used, although said to be so in Yorkshire ; 

 Newton thinks it was perhaps in England originally the 

 table, name of the bird. It occurs in Turner (1544) and 

 in Spenser, but Shakespeare, who, as Mr. Harting has 

 observed, only mentions this species three times, prefers 

 our English word Throstle. Willughby has " Mavis, 

 Throstle, or Song-thrush." In south-west Scotland it be- 

 comes " Ma vie," in which form it is still in use. 



MAW or MEW. An old English name for a Gull ; from A.Sax. 

 wkEtt>=gull. Maw occurs in Turner for the BLACK- 

 HEADED GULL, while it is a local name in Orkney and 

 Shetland for the COMMON GULL. 



MAWP : The BULLFINCH. (Lancashire.) Swainson thinks it 

 is derived from " Alp." 



MAY-CHICK. According to Sir Thomas Browne this was a Norfolk 

 name for a bird " a little bigger than a Stint, of fatness 

 beyond any." 



MAY-COCK: The GREY PLOVER. (Provincial.) 



MAY-FOWL, MAY-BIRD, or MAY CURLEW: The WHIMBREL. 

 (Ireland chiefly.) So called from the month in which 

 it arrives. May-bird is also a Norfolk name. 



MAZE FINCH (Maize Finch ?) : The CHAFFINCH. (Cornwall.) 



MEADOW-BUNTING [No. 49]. A south European species 

 added to the British List in recent years. 



MEADOW CRAKE : The LAND-RAIL. (Selby.) 



MEADOW DRAKE : The LAND-RAIL. (Yorkshire and Notts). 



MEADOW LARK : The TREE-PIPIT (Montagu) ; also the 

 MEADOW-PIPIT (Notts, and Hants.) 



MEADOW-PIPIT [No. 68]. The name occurs in Selby (1825). 

 In previous authors it was confused with other species, and 

 occurs under a variety of names. It is the Titlark of 

 Pennant and other authors up to Montagu. The latter 

 author's "Field Lark or Meadow Lark " is the TREE- 

 PIPIT. 



