MEADOW—MISTLE. 157 
MicHAELMAS BLAcKBiIRD : The RING-OUZEL. (Dorset.) From 
the time of its autumnal appearance in flocks at Portland. 
Mippen Crow: The CARRION-CROW (Bewick): midden 
=refuse. ‘“‘Midden Daup ” is a Craven form of the name. 
Mippie Srotrep Wooprecker: The young of the GREAT 
SPOTTED WOODPECKER, described by Linnzus as 
a separate species, and called Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
by Pennant and other writers up to Montagu. 
Miaratory Pickon: The Passenger-Pigeon. (Eyton.) 
Mitrran: The CARRION-CROW. (North Wales) lit. 
“carrion crow.” 
MittER. An old name for the HEN-HARRIER. The name 
was applied only to the grey male birds. It appears also 
to be a local name for the. WHITETHROAT, and Swainson 
says it 1s a Shropshire name for the young SPOTTED 
FLYCATCHER. 
Miier’s Tuume or Tom THumsp: The GOLDEN-CRESTED 
WREN and the WILLOW-WARBLER (Roxburgh) ; 
the CHIFFCHAFF, WILLOW-WARBLER and WOOD- 
WARBLER (Yorkshire). From their small size. 
Minvte Trinea: The LITTLE STINT. (Selby.) 
Mire-Crow: The BLACK-HEADED GULL.  (Willughby.) 
Mrre-prum : The BITTERN. (Montagu and others.) Probably 
now obsolete. 
Mire DrumsieE: The GREAT WHITE HERON. The name 
occurs in Merrett (1667) who applies it to Ardea alba. The 
name “ Mire Drum ”’ has also been used for the COMMON 
BITTERN, while Turner’s Mire Drumble appears to be 
the LITTLE EGRET. 
Mrre Duck: The MALLARD. (Forfar.) 
Mire Snipe: The COMMON SNIPE. (Aberdeen.) 
Mrret: The COMMON TERN. (Cornwall.) 
MIsSEL-BIRD or MisseEL TurusH: The MISTLE-THRUSH. 
MIssELTOE-THRUSH: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Charleton.) 
MISTLE-THRUSH [No. 156]. There seems no doubt that 
the name of this bird is a contraction of Mistletoe Thrush, 
and should be spelled “ Mistle” in place of “ Missel.” It 
is mentioned by Turner, who says it is particularly known 
as “Thrushe,” as distinguished from the Song-thrush, 
which he calls “ Throssel, or Mavis.” The name “ Mistletoe 
Thrush ” occurs first in Merrett (1667); Charleton (1668) 
has ‘“ Misseltoe-thrush or Shreitch,”’ while Willughby 
calls it the ‘‘ Missel-bird or Shrite.” That ‘‘ Missel ” 
