104 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



GREAT BUSTARD [No. 450]. Occurs in Turner (1544) as 

 Bustard or Bistard, and in Merrett (1687) as Bistarda or 

 Bustard ; he says it is found on Newmarket Heath, and 

 Salisbury Plain. Newton saj'^s it is a corruption from the 

 Lat. avis tarda. Gesner calls it " Otis vel Bistarda." Wil- 

 lughby (1678) has " Bustard — Otis seu tarda a\as." Hector 

 Boethius (1526) has " Gustardes," and Sibbald also gives 

 the popular name as " Gustard." Pennant calls it merely 

 " Bustard " in his folio edition (1766), but in the later 

 editions as well as by later British writers it is called Great 

 Bustard. In Montagu's day (1802) this noble bird was 

 still to be fovmd on the Wiltshire plains " where they are 

 become very scarce within these few years." He states 

 that the eggs were sought after for the purpose of hatching 

 under hens : " Half a guinea is no unusual price for an 

 egg, and ten to twelve guineas a pair for yoimg birds." 



Great Butcher Bird : The GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 



Great Cinereous Shrike: The GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 

 (Pennant.) 



Great Coot-footed Tringa : The GREY PHALAROPE. 



(Edwards.) 

 Great Corbie Crow : The RAVEN. Occurs in Bemck (1797). 



GREAT CRESTED GREBE [No. 336]. From its prominent 

 size and its crest. Grebe is from Fr. gri'be. Occurs in 

 Willughby (1678) as " Greater Loon, Greater Crested or 

 Copped or Horned Doucker." Pennant (1766) calls it 

 GREAT CRESTED GREBE. 



Great Curlew: The CURLEW. (Macgillivray.) So called 

 in contradistinction from the WHDIBREL or " Half- 

 Curlew." 



Great Diver : The GREAT CRESTED GREBE. (Cheshire.) 



Great Ducker or Greater Doucker : The GREAT 



NORTHERN DIVER. The former name occiu-s in 



Merrett and the latter in Montagu. Great Doucker appears 



still to be a local name for the species. 



Great Eagle Owt. : The EAGLE OWL. (Macgilli\-L'ay.) 



Great Eared Owl : The EAGLE-OWL. (Pennant, Montagu, 



Bewick.) 

 Great Egret : The GREAT WHITE HERON. (Gould.) 

 Greater Braiubling : The SNOW-BL^^TING. (Pennant.) 



Greater Butcher Bird : The GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 

 Occurs in Willughby (1678). 



