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MOBWENNOL FACH: The LITTLE TERN. (North Wales) 



lit. "little sea-swallow." 

 MORWENNOL Y GOGLEDD : The ARCTIC SKUA. (North Wales) 



lit. " Arctic sea-swallow." 

 MOSCOVIAN BLACK GAME COCK and HEN : The CAPER- 



CAILLIE. (Albin, n, pi. 29, 30.) 

 MOSS-CHEEPER or MOSS-CHEEPUCK : The MEADOW-PIPIT. 



(North England and North Ireland.) 



Moss DUCK : The MALLARD. (Renfrew and Aberdeen.) 

 Moss HEN. A local Yorkshire name for the female RED 



GROUSE. 

 Moss OWL : The SHORT-EARED OWL. (Yorkshire, Forfar.) 



Swainson thought it signified Mouse Owl, and it happens 



that Mouse-hawk is a name for the species ; Nelson and 



Clarke, however, give it as a name for the species on the 



north-west fells of Yorkshire, and it might well signify its 



frequenting the mosses. 

 MOT-HEN : The MOORHEN. Occurs in Turner and signifies 



"Moat-hen" (see MOORHEN). 

 MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN : The STORM-PETREL ; also any 



other small species of Petrel. Yarrell thought the name 



was given by Capt. Carteret's sailors, from some unknown 



hag of that name. 



MOTH-HAWK or MOTH-HUNTER : The NIGHT JAR. (Provincial.) 

 MOTH OWL : The NIGHTJAR. (Cheshire.) 

 MOUNTAIN BLACKBIRD : The RING-OUZEL. (Ireland and 



Scotland, Yorkshire.) 

 MOUNTAIN BUNTING: The SNOW-BUNTING. (Cheshire.) 



Also occurs as a distinct species in the older writers, from 



Pennant to Montagu. 

 MOUNTAIN COLLEY: The RING-OUZEL. (Somerset.) "Colley" 



is from the white gorget or collar (Fr. collet}. 

 MOUNTAIN FINCH : The SNOW-BUNTING is so called by the 



bird-stuff ers of Brechin and Kirriemuir (Gray). It is also 



a Border and Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire name for the 



BRAMBLING. 



MOUNTAIN HARRIER. A name for the HEN-HARRIER. 

 MOUNTAIN LINNET : The TWITE. (Yorkshire.) Occurs in 



Willughby, also Pennant, etc. 

 MOUNTAIN MAGPIE. A name for the GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 



(Montagu.) 

 MOUNTAIN OUZEL : The RING-OUZEL. (North Country.) 



