22 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



ordinance for the regulation of the Royal Household, dated 

 "apud Eltham, mens. Jan. 22, Hen. VIII " (i.e. 1531), and 

 referring, Xewton thinks, to the Black Grouse. He thinks 

 the most likely derivation is from Old Fr. griesche, greoche, 

 or griais, meaning speckled. Cotgrave (1611) has " Poule 

 griesche : a moore-hen, the henne of the OriceJ^ 



BLACK GUILLEMOT [No. 447]. The name Black GuiUemot 

 is first found in Pennant (1766). Occurs in Willughbj^ and 

 in Albin as the " Greenland Dove or Sea-Turtle.' The 

 name is in reference to its chiefly black plumage ; Guillemot 

 being from Fr. guillemot. 



Black Gull. The Skuas are sometimes so called from their 



dark colour, especially the GREAT SKUA. 

 Black Havvtj;. The MERLIN is sometimes so-caUed. 

 Black-headed Barxacle. A name for the BREXT GOOSE ; 



given in i\Iacgilli\Tay. 

 Black-headed Bob : The GREAT TIT^IOUSE. (Devon.) 

 Black-headed Bully : The BULLFINCH. (Yorkshii-e.) 

 BLACK-HEADED BL^^TING [No. 45]. A southern species of 

 casual occurrence. The name is also applied to the REED- 

 BUNTING (a totally distinct indigenous species) wliich 

 occurs under the name in the first edition of YaiTell and 

 is frequenth' so called pro^^ncially on account of its black 

 head. 



Black-headed Bushchat : The STONECHAT. (MacgU- 

 li\Tay. ) 



Black-headed Diver : The male SCALTP-DUCK, so called 

 from its glossy-black head. 



Black-headed Furzechat : The STONECHAT. (Pro^-incial.) 



BLACK-HEADED GULL [No. 427]. So called from its " black" 

 (really dark broA^Ti) cap. GuU (in Old Eng. mew) is 

 from Welsh gwylan, Fr. goeland. Occurs in Turner, who 

 calls it " a white semaw, A^-ith a black cop," giving it no 

 English name other than the pro^Tncial one of " Sea-Cob." 

 He also, without apparent justification, identifies it ynXh. 

 the Fulica of classical writers, a name now given to the 

 COOT. Willughby and Ray call it the " PcAvit or Black- 

 cap, called in some places the Sea-Ci'OAv and Mire-Crow." 

 Black-headed Gull appears to be first found in Pennant. 



Black-headed Hay- Jack : The BLACKCAP. (Norfolk.) See 

 Hay- Jack. 



Black-headed Peggy : The BLACKCAP. (ProAincial.) 



