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Morwennot FAcH: The LITTLE TERN. (North Wales) 
lit. “little sea-swallow.” 
MoRWENNOL Y GOGLEDD: The ARCTIC SKUA. (North Wales) 
lit. “‘ Arctic sea-swallow.” 
Moscovian Biack GAME Cock and Hen: The CAPER- 
CAILLIE. (Albin, u, pl. 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. 
Mor-HeEN: The MOORHEN. Occurs in Turner and signifies 
‘““Moat-hen ” (see MOORHEN). 
MorHer 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. 
Moru-Hawk or MotH-HunTER: The NIGHTJAR. (Provincial.) 
Mots Ow: The NIGHTJAR. (Cheshire.) 
Movuntary Biacksirp: The RING-OUZEL. (Ireland and 
Scotland, Yorkshire.) 
Mountain Bontrnc: The SNOW-BUNTING.  (Cheshire.) 
Also occurs as a distinct species in the older writers, from 
Pennant to Montagu. 
MovuntTatn Cottey: The RING-OUZEL. (Somerset.) “Colley” 
is from the white gorget or collar (Fr. collet). 
Mountain Frncu: The SNOW-BUNTING is so called by the 
bird-stuffers 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. 
Movuntars Linnet: The TWITE. (Yorkshire.) Occurs in 
Willughby, also Pennant, etc. 
Movuntarn Macrre. A name for the GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 
(Montagu.) 
Mountain OvzEL: The RING-OUZEL. (North Country.) 
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