112 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Grey-hen. A North CountiT name for the female of the 

 BLACK GROUSE. 



Grey Heron. Macgilli\Tay's name for the COMMON HERON. 



Grey Kate or Grey Pate : The young GOLDFINCH. (North 

 and East Yorkshire.) 



GREY LAG-GOOSE [No. 274]. The name appears to have 

 arisen from the fact that tliis was the grey Goose that lagged 

 behind the other sj)ecies Avhen they betook themselves to 

 their more northern breeding-quarters. Willughby and Ray 

 call it the " common Wild Goose." The name Grey 

 Lag Goose first appears in Pennant (1777). It is the Grey 

 Goose of some authors, and the " Grej^ -legged Goose " of 

 Yarrell (1st ed.). In Scotland when Wild Geese are seen 

 fl3dng north before the breeding -season, it is looked upon 

 as a sign of fair, settled Aveather. 



Grey Lennart. A Northumbrian name for the LINNET. 

 (Lennart=Linnet. ) 



Grey Linnet : The LINNET. A common provincial name ; 

 also applied to the TWITE in parts of Yorkshire. 



Grey Long-beak: The RED-BREASTED SNIPE. (Mac- 

 gilUvray.) 



Grey Night-Heron : The NIGHT-HERON. (MacgilliATay.) 



Grey Owl : The TAWNY 0\YL. (Willughby.) 



Grey Partridge : The COMMON PARTRIDGE. (MacgilKvi-ay.) 



GREY PHALAROPE [No. 398]. The name, which originates 

 in its grey -and -white winter-plumage, occurs first in Pennant 

 (1766) as Scallop-toe Sandpiper, but in later editions as 

 Grey Phalarope. It is the " Great Coot-footed Tringa " of 

 Edwards (pi. 308), upon which is based Brisson's genus 

 Phalaropus, whence the name Phalarope. 



GREY PLOVER [No. 365]. The name originates in the grey- 

 and-white of the mnter-plumage. Occurs first in Merrett's 

 list (1667). Willughby also terms it the "Grey Plover, 

 called at Venice Squatarola." The name has also been 

 applied in Ireland to the GOLDEN PLOVER, and in 

 Scotland to the ICNOT. 

 Grey Ptarmgan : The PTARMIGAN. (Macgilli\Tay.) The 

 name is only appropriate when in summer-plumage, the 

 upper-parts being then freckled v^dth grey and brown. 

 Grey Redstart : The REDSTART. (Edwards.) 

 Grey Sandpiper : The GREY PLOVER. (Pennant.) 

 Grey Shriee : Proper Iv the GREAT GREY SHRIKE, but 

 also applied to the "^ LESSER GREY SHRIKE. 



