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MASKED SHRIKE [No. 111]. ‘This south-west Asiatic species 
was first recorded for the British Isles in 1905, by Mr. Nicoll 
(Go Bull. B.O.0..7 sya, p, 22). 
Marracess or MarracasseE: 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 “ Mavie,” in which form it is still in use. 
Maw or Mew. An old English name for a Gull; from A.Sax. 
mew=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-cuick. 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-FrowL, May-pirp, or May Curtew: The WHIMBREL. 
(Ireland chiefly.) So called from the month in which 
it arrives. May-bird is also a Norfolk name. 
Maze Fincn (Maize Finch?): The CHAFFINCH. (Cornwall.) 
MEADOW-BUNTING [No. 49]. A south European species 
added to the British List in recent years. 
Meapow Crake: The LAND-RAIL. (Selby.) 
Merapow Drake: The LAND-RAIL. (Yorkshire and Notts). 
Mrapow 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- 
Frere. 
