Show Origin of Namee. In England the daw la hardly ever B mentlored but aa Jack; yet daw and B not Jackdaw la the proper name of the apecles. It la aiigcoiited that the I pie owos the "mag" to some corruption corrup-tion of Margaret or Meg. To mag ia to chattor. but whether the verb waa derived from the name or tho name I from the verb la a question. It la more probable that the Jlmcrow of Amor ca (the old name for a negro hoy) waa brourht across from England In the j day when a rrow waa Jim as a ewae low was Dirk. |