114 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OP BRITISH BIRDS. 



Grundling : The EINGED PLOVER. (Lancasliire.) Swain- 

 son thinks it equivalent to Groundling. 

 Grype or Gryffon. Aldrovandus gives these as names for the 



GRIFFON-VULTURE. 

 GuENOL or GuENBOL. A Cornish name for the COMMON 



WHITETHROAT. 

 Guernsey Nightingale : The BLACKCAP. 

 Guernsey Partridge: The RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 



(Montagu.) 

 Guga. An Ii-ish name for the GANNET. 

 Guhjbinn: The CURLEW. (Western Isles of Scotland.) 



From Gaelic guil, wailing, and hinn, music. 

 Guillemot. See COMMON GUILLEMOT. 

 Guinea-bird Diver : The RED-THROATED DIVER. (East 



Riding, Yorkshire.) From its speckled back resembling 



that of a Guinea-fowl. 

 GuiRENAN. A Gaelic name for the BRENT GOOSE. 

 Gulden-head : The PUFFIN. Willughby records it as so 



called in South Wales. 

 Guler : The YELLOW BUNTING. (Norfolk.) From A.Sax 



geolu^yeWo'w . 

 Gullallan. a Northumbrian name for the Skvias. 

 GuLLAN. Cornish for a Gull. 

 Gull-belled Tern [No. 415]. The name occurs in Montagu 



(Supp. " Orn. Diet."). 

 Gull-teaser : The COIVOION TERN. Occurs in Montagu. 

 Gunner : The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 

 GuRADNAN. A Cornish name for the WREN. 

 Gurfel: The RAZORBILL. (Pro\ancial.) 

 Gustard : The GREAT BUSTARD. (Sibbald.) 

 Gutter Cock: The WATER -RAIL. (Cornwall.) From its 



frequenting ditches. 

 Gutter Teetan : The ROCK-PIPIT. (Orkneys.) 

 Gwalch: The SPARROW-HAWK. (North Wales) lit. 



" hawk." 

 Gwalch YNOs: The NIGHTJAR. (North Wales) lit. "night 



hawk." 

 Gwalch y penweig. A Welsh name for the RAZORBILL ; 



lit. " herring hawk." 

 GwAJ.CH Y WEiLGi. A Welsh name fcr the OSPREY, signifying 

 " sea-hawk." 



