150 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
MAcKEREL-BIRD : The WRYNECK is so called in Guernsey 
(Cecil Smith), because it arrives at the time when mackerel 
is in season. 
MacKEREL-Cock : The MANX SHEARWATER. (Rutty.) It 
is also a local name at Lleyn Island, North Wales (Forrest) 
and at Lambay Island, on the east coast of Ireland. It 
is so-called from its feeding on mackerel-fry. 
MAcKEREL Gant: The GANNET. (Yorkshire.) 
MackEREL-GutL: The RAZORBILL (Provincial.) The 
KITTIWAKE GULL (Humber _ District.) 
MACQUEEN’S BUSTARD [No. 452]. A form of the Houbara 
Bustard, the name of which arises from its having been 
named Otis macqueeni, in honour of Macqueen, by Gray 
and Hardwicke (‘Illustrations Indian Zoology.’’) It was 
included as British by Yarrell (1st ed.). 
Mapprick GuLL: The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Cornwall.) 
MADEIRAN FORK-TAILED PETREL [No. 321]. A very 
rare straggler. It was first recorded as British by Saunders 
(‘‘Manual,” 2nd ed., p. 731). 
Mapes, Mac, Macerr, Marcet, or Miaey. Provincial names 
for the MAGPIE. ; 
Map@E-HowLET: The TAWNY OWL (Willughby): also the 
BARN-OWL (Norfolk). 
Maccre: The COMMON GUILLEMOT. (Forfar.) Swainson 
says it is from its black-and-white plumage resembling 
that of a MAGPIE. 
Maccot. A Lincolnshire name for the MAGPIE, occuring 
also in Worcestershire as Magget. (See ‘“‘Magot Pie” 
and also “ Pie.’’) 
Mae Loon : The RED-THROATED DIVER. (Norfolk.) Sig- 
nifies ““ Magpie Loon.” 
Macot Pre: The Mid. Eng. name for the MAGPIE, the 
latter name being a contraction. The name appears to 
have no reference to the bird’s habit of picking maggots 
from the backs of sheep, being derived from the French 
Margot, a diminutive of Marquerite, but also signifying a 
Magpie, perhaps from its noisy chattering, in which it 
is popularly supposed to resemble a talkative woman. 
The name occurs in this form in ‘“ Macheth” (act 1m, 
sc. 4) :— 
Augurs and understood relations have, 
By magot pies, and choughs, and rooks, brought forth, 
The secret’st man of blood. 
