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Grey Skit: The WATER-RAIL. (Devonshire.) From its 

 stealthy habit of running (" skit "=to slide). 



Grey Snipe : The RED-BREASTED SANDPIPER. (Gould.) 



Grey Starling: The young STARLING. (East Lothian.) 

 From its greyish-brown plumage. 



Grey Thrush: The FIELDFARE. (Scotland.) Also the 

 MISTLE-THRUSH according to MacgiUivTay, while the 

 SONG-THRUSH is known in parts of England as Grey-bird 

 or Grey Throstle. 



GREY WAGTAIL [No. 80]. The name originates in the slate- 

 grey of the upper-parts. It occurs first in Willughbj'' 

 (1678). Pennant calls it Grey Water W^agtail. 



Grey Yogle : The SHORT-EARED OWL. (Shetlands.) 

 Yogle=Owl. 



GRIFFON-ITTLTURE [No. 254]. This is the GiyiDe or Grj^on 

 of Aldi'ovandus, from which the name seems to be derived. 

 It is found in Yarreil's First Supp. (1845) as an English 

 .species. 



Grigear. a Cornish name for the PARTRIDGE ; also 

 the female BLACK GROUSE. 



Grisard : The GLAUCOUS GLT.L. (Be\\ick.) 



f ^riselled Sandpiper : The KNOT in winter-plumage. 



Grosbeak : The HAWFINCH. (Willughby, Pennant, etc.) 

 It is a frequent name for this bird in Yorkshire. 



Ground Featherpoke : The WILLOW- WARBLER. (Don- 

 caster). See " Featherpoke." 



Ground Huckmuck, Ground Isaac, Ground Oven : The 

 ^\^LLOW-WARBLER. English provincial names, in 

 allusion to the structm-e and materials of its nest (Isaac is 

 a corruption of " haj'jack," q.v.). 



Ground Lark : The SKY-LARK, generally ; also the CORN- 

 BU^'TING (Dcncaster) ; and the MEADOWS-PIPIT 

 (Cleveland, Yorkshire). 



Ground Wren: The WILLOW- WARBLER (Cheshire, 

 Yorkshire, Scotland) ; the CHIFFCHAFF (Yorkshire). 



Grous : The RED GROUSE. (Pennant.) This is the ancient 

 form of spelling. 



Grouse. The RED GROUSE is frequently termed Grouse 

 simply. 



Grove Pettychaps : The WOOD-WARBLER. (Provincial.) 



Grugiar ddu: The BLACK GROUSE. (North Wales) lit. 

 " black heather hen." 



