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Greater Coot. A supposed larger northern form of the 

 COOT, described as distinct by WiUughby, Pennant, 

 Latham, Montagu and others. It is the Fulica aterrima of 

 Linnaeus. 



Greater Crested or Copped or Horned Doucker : The 

 GREAT CRESTED GREBE. (Willughby.) 



Greater Dabchick or Dobchick : The GREAT CRESTED 

 GREBE. Greater Dobchick occurs in Edwards. 



Greater Loon: The GREAT CRESTED GREBE. (Wil- 

 lughby.) Also a local name in Norfolk and West Ireland. 

 It is applied to the GREAT NORTHERN DIVER by Hett. 



Great Erne : The \^^^ITE-TAILED EAGLE. (Bemck.) 



Greater Pettych.ajs : The GARDEN- WARBLER. Occurs 

 in jMontagu. Latham, Lewin and others call it the Petty- 

 chaps, and Willughby and Ray's Pettychaps is also pro- 

 bably this species, as well as Bewick's Fauvette or Petty- 

 chaps. Newton says the name was not obsolete near 

 Sheffield in 1873, while Latham records its use in Lanca- 

 shire. Pennant (fo. ed., 1766) imder " Pettychaps " 

 unites both the present bird and the Lesser Pettychaps or 

 CHIFFCHAFF, but separated them in later editions. 



Greater Plover: The GREENSHANK (Willughbv) ; the 



STONE-CURLEW (Macgii]i\Tay). 

 Greater Red-Headed Linnet : The LINNET. (Willughby.) 

 Greater Redpole : The LINNET. (Montagu.) Also spelt 



Greater Redpoll. 

 Greater Sea-Sw.vllow : The COMMON TERN. (Albin.) 

 Greater She.^rwater : The GREAT SHEARWATER. 



(Yarrell.) 

 Greater Tern : The CO]\I]MON TERN. (Pennant.) 



GREATER YELLOWSHANK [No. 393]. A North American 



species. 

 Greatest Bullfinch : The PINE GROSBEAK. (Edwards.) 

 Greatest Martin or Swift : The WHITE-BELLIED SWIFT. 



(Edwards.) 

 Greatest Speckled Diver or Loon : The GREAT NORTHERN 



DIVER. (Willughby.) 



Great Gallinule : The MOORHEN. 



Great Grey Gull. (Willughby and Albin.) Apparently the 

 immature GLAUCOUS GULL. Willughby and Ray, how- 

 ever, " take it to be the Cornish Wagel," which latter name 

 is a local name for the GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



