100 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



GOLFAN tingoch: The TWITE. (North Wales) lit. "red 



rumped sparrow." 

 GoLFA2f-Y-GORS. A Welsh name for the REED-BUNTING ; 



lit. " marsh sparrow." 

 GOLFAN-Y-MYNYDD. A Welsh name for the TREE-SPARROW ; 



Ht. " momitaia sparrow." 

 GoLFAN-YR-EiRA. A Welsh name for the SNOW- BUNTING ; 



lit. " snow sparrow." 

 GOLVAN or Gylvan. Cornish names for the HOUSE-SPARROW. 

 GoLVAN-GE or Gylvan-ge. Cornish names for the HEDGE- 

 SPARROW. 

 GooLER, Gooly, or GooL Finch : The YELLOW BUNTING. 



A corruption of Goldfinch, from the bright yellow of its 



plumage. 



GooL French: The GOLDFINCH. (Devon.) Apparently 

 a corruption of Goldfinch. 



GOOSANDER [No. 312]. The name occurs in Merrett (1667) 

 as Gossander, while Willughby (1678), who spells it 

 Goosander, bases the species on the Merganser of Aldro- 

 vandus. The female was formerly described as a separate 

 species [Mergus castor of Linnseus), and is the " Dun-diver 

 or Sparkling (now Sparling) Fowl " of eighteenth centmy 

 authors, the male being termed Goosander or Merganser. 

 Newton derives the word from Old Norse Gas and (\)nd, 

 literally " goose-duck." 



GoosE Gull: The GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 

 (L-eland.) 



Goose Hawk : The PEREGRINE FALCON. (Provincial.) 



GOPPOG or CopoG. A Welsh name for the HOOPOE ; lit. 

 " crested." 



GoR-cocK, Gor-hen: The RED GROUSE. (Staffordshire.) 

 Gorcock for this species occurs in Willughby. 



GoR Crow : The CARRION-CROW. (Oxfordshire, Yorkshire.) 

 Montagu gives it as a provincial name. The derivation is 

 from A. Sax. gror=carrion. 



GoRMA : The CORMORANT. Swainson thinks it an equivalent 

 of " Gor Mew," i.e. Carrion Gull (but see Gormer). 



Gormer: The CORMORANT. (Northumberland.) Bolam 

 thinks it a contraction of Grormorant : a guttural pronun- 

 ciation. 



GoRS Duck or Gurs Duck. A name for the LAND-RAIL. 

 (Huddersfield.) Swainson spells it Gorse Duck. 



