160 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Moor GAME: The RED GROUSE. (Yorkshire ; and Longden- 
dale, Cheshire.) 
Moor GuieEAD. A Border name for the HEN-HARRIER. 
Moor Hawk: The MARSH-HARRIER (formerly). 
MOORHEN [No. 460]. It is also commonly known as the 
Water Hen. Moor is from A.Sax. mér, and was anciently 
equivalent to morass or bog, the name having therefore 
much the same meaning as Water Hen. The name Moor 
Hen occurs in Merrett (1667). Willughby spells it “‘ More- 
hen.” Turner (1544) has ‘‘ water hen, or Mot hen,” and 
alludes to the bird as generally haunting ‘“ Moats which 
surround the houses of the great ” and fish-ponds. 
Moor Linnet or Moor Peep: The TWITE. (Cheshire.) 
Moor Peer : The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Cheshire.) 
Moor Pipir: The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Northumberland.) 
Moor Poot or Moor Poor: The young RED GROUSE. (York- 
shire.) 
Moor TurusH: The RING-OUZEL. (Sedbergh, Yorkshire.) 
Moor-tTiTLInG : The STONECHAT. (Willughby.) Also occurs 
in Merrett (1667) but mis-printed ‘‘ Moor-titing.” Moor 
Tit or Titling is still a Cleveland (Yorkshire) name for the 
species. The name is, perhaps, more often applied to the 
MEADOW-PIPIT in North England and Scotland. 
Morant: The MOORHEN. (Willughby.) Swainson thinks 
it signifies Moor-ent ? 
MoreE-cock: The RED GROUSE. Occurs in Willughby. 
(Same as Moor-cock.) 
Morr-HEN: The MOORHEN. (Willughby.) Same as Moore 
hen (q.v.). 
MorHEN: The female BLACK GROUSE (?). (Turner.) Mr. 
Evans supposed it to be the PTARMIGAN, but Turner 
says it is the bird he took to be the “ Attagen”’ (q.v.). 
Moritton. <A fowler’s name for the GOLDENEYE, but 
applied only to immature or female birds, which were 
formerly supposed to be of a different species. From 
Fr. morillon. 
Morra: The RAZORBILL. (North Wales.) Fromits guttural 
cry. 
MorreEL Hen: The GREAT SKUA. (See Murrel Hen.) 
MortetTEeR : The STONECHAT. Occurs in Turner. 
MorWENNOL DDU: The BLACK TERN. (North Wales) lit. 
“black sea-swallow.” 
