MAGPIE  , or simply See also:

• PIE

PIE (Fr. pie), the prefix being the abbreviated See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a human name (See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret'), a See also:

• BIRD

bird once See also:

• COMMON

common throughout See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, though now nearly everywhere scarce . Its pilfering habits have led to this result, yet the injuries it causes are exaggerated by common See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report; and in many countries of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe it is still the tolerated or even the cherished See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour of every See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, as it formerly was in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England if not in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland also . It did not exist in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland in 1617, when Fynes See also:

• MORISON, JAMES AUGUSTUS COTTER (1832-1888)

Morison wrote his Itinerary, but it had appeared there within a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years later, when See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift mentions its occurrences in his See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal to Stella, 9th See also:

• JULY

July 1711 . It is now common enough in that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and there is a widespread but unfounded belief that it was introduced by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English out of spite . It is a See also:

• SPECIES

species that when not molested is extending its range, as J . Wolley ascertained in See also:

• LAPLAND, or LAPPLAND

Lapland, where within the last See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it has been gradually pushing its way along the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and into the interior from one fishing-station or settler's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house to the next, as the country has been peopled . Since the persecution to which the pie has been subjected in Great Britain, its habits have altered greatly . It is no longer the merry, saucy hanger-on of the See also:

• HOMESTEAD

homestead, but is become the suspicious thief, shunning the gaze of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, and knowing that danger may lurk in every See also:

• BUSH

bush . Hence opportunities of observing it fall to the See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot of few, and most persons know it only as a curtailed See also:

• CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

captive in a wicker cage, where its vivacity and natural beauty are lessened or wholly lost . At large few See also:

• EUROPEAN

European birds possess greater beauty, the pure See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white of its scapulars and inner See also:

• WEB (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Du. webbe, Dan. vaev, Ger. Gewebe, all from the Teutonic wabh—to weave)

web of the See also:

• FLIGHT

flight-feathers contrasting vividly with the deep glossy See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black on the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of its See also:

• BODY

body and wings, while its See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long tail is lustrous with See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green, See also:

• BRONZE

bronze, and See also:

• PURPLE

purple reflections . The pie's See also:

• NEST

nest is a wonderfully ingenious structure, placed either in high trees or See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low bushes, and so massively built that it will stand for years . Its See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation consists of stout sticks, See also:

• TURF

turf and See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay, 1 " Magot " and " Madge," with the same origin, are names, frequently given in England to the pie; while in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France it is commonly known as Margot, if not termed, as it is in some districts, Jaquette.wrought into a deep, hollow See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup, plastered with See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, and lined with See also:

• FIBRES
• FIBRES (or FIBERS, in American spelling; from Lat. fibra, apparently connected either with filum, thread, or findere, to split)

fibres; but around this is erected a firmly interwoven, See also:

• BASKET

basket-like outwork of thorny sticks, forming a See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome over the nest, and leaving but a single hole in the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side for entrance and exit, so that the whole structure is rendered almost impregnable .

Herein are laid from six to nine eggs, of a See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale bluish-green freckled with See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown and blotched with ash-See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . Superstition as to the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of the pie still survives even among many educated persons, and there are several versions of a rhyming adage as to the various turns of See also:

• LUCK

luck which its presenting itself, either alone or in See also:

• COMPANY

company with others, is supposed to betoken, though all agree that the sight of a single pie presages sorrow . The pie belongs to the same See also:

• FAMILY

family of birds as the See also:

• CROW (Dutch, kraal, Ger. Krdhe, Fr. corbeau, Lat. corvus)

crow, and is the See also:

• CORVUS, MARCUS VALERIUS (c. 370–270 B.C.)

Corvus See also:

• PICA

pica of See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus, the Pica caudata, P. melanoleuca, or P. rustica of See also:

• MODERN

modern ornithologists, who have recognized it as forming a distinct genus, but the number of species thereto belonging has been a fruitful source of discussion . Examples from the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain differ slightly from those inhabiting the rest of Europe, and in some points more resemble the P. mauritanica of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa; but that species has a patch of See also:

• BARE

bare skin of a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue colour behind the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye, and much shorter wings . No fewer than five species have been discriminated from various parts of See also:

• ASIA

Asia, extending to See also:

• JAPAN

Japan; but only one of them, the P. leucoptera of See also:

• TURKESTAN
• TURKESTAN, or HAZRET

Turkestan and See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet, has of See also:

• LATE

late been admitted as valid . In the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of North See also:

• AMERICA

America, and in some of its islands, a pie is found which extends to. the upper valleys of the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri and the Yellowstone, and has long been thought entitled to specific distinction as P. hudsonia; but its claim thereto is now disallowed by some of the best ornithologists of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, and it can hardly be deemed even a See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical variety of the Old-See also:

• WORLD

World form . In See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, however, there is a permanent See also:

• RACE

race if not a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good species, P. nuttalli, easily distinguishable by its yellow See also:

• BILL

bill and the bare yellow skin See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round its eyes; on two occasions in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1867 a bird apparently similar was observed in Great Britain (Zoologist, See also:

• SER

ser . 2, pp . 706, 1o16 . (A .