Editing Magpie (section)

==Name==
References dating back to [[Old English]] call the bird a "pie," for its [[piebald]] coloring (derived from the Latin ''pica'' and cognate to French ''pie''); this term has fallen out of use.<ref>{{Cite OED|pie|id=143536}}</ref> The tendency in previous centuries was to give birds common names, such as robin redbreast (which now is called the [[European robin|robin]]) and jenny wren. The magpie was originally variously maggie pie and mag pie.<ref>{{Cite OED|magpie|id=112371}}</ref> The term "[[Pica (disorder)|pica]]" for the human disorder involving a compulsive desire to eat items that are not food is borrowed from the Latin name of the magpie, ''pica'', for its reputed tendency to feed on miscellaneous things.<ref>{{Cite OED|pica|id=143319}}</ref>