116 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



GwYLAN BENWEN : The KITTIWAKE. (Xorth Wales) lit. 



"' white-headed gull." 

 Gwyl-\nfrech: The POMATORHIXE SKUA. (Xorth Wales) 



lit. " spotted gull." 

 GwYLAN GEFNDDU FAWTi : The GREAT BLACK-BACKED 



GULL. (North Wales) lit. the same. 

 GwYLAN GEFNDDU LEiAF : The LESSER BLACK-BACKED 



GLTLL. (North Wales) lit. the same. 

 GwYL.\N GYFFREDiN : The COmiON GULL. (North Whales) 



lit. " common gull." 

 GwYLAN GYNFFON HiR : The ARCTIC SKUA. (North Wales) 



lit. " long-tailed gull." 

 GwYLAN MANAw: The MANX SHEARWATER. (North 



Wales) lit. " Manx Gull." 

 Gwylanwydd: The GANNET. (North Wales) lit. "gull- 

 goose." 

 GwYLAN y penweig : The HERRING-GULL. (North Wales) 



lit. " herring gull." 

 GwYLAN Y weilgi : The STORM-PETREL. (North Wales) 



lit. " ocean gull." 

 Gwylog : The COMMON GUILLEMOT. (North Wales) lit. 



" guillemot." 



Gylfinbraff. a Welsh name for the HA\^TINCH. 



Gylfingroes (Y). A Welsh name for the COABION CROSS- 

 BILL : lit. " the crossbill." 



Gylfixhir. a ^^^Ish name for the COMMON CURLEW; 

 lit. " long-bill." 



Gyp Starling, Gyp Starnill, Gyp, or Gypey : The STARLING. 

 (Yorkshire.) 



GYR-FALCON [No. 230]. Anciently often called the Ger- 

 Falcon, and erroneously Jer-Falcon. The name properly 

 belongs to the female, the male being formerly called the 

 Jerkin (either dim. of " Jer " or else from Jerldn, a short 

 coat, hence indicating an inferior size). Willughby spells 

 it " Jer-Falcon " and says it " seems to take its name from 

 the High Dutch word Gyi-falco, i.e. a ravenous Falcon, or 

 Vulturine Falcon " (Gyr= Vulture). Ne\\i;on thinks the 

 derivation is probablj' from Low Latin Gyrofalco. Originally 

 the three forms of Falco rusticolus (the GYR-FALCON, 

 ICELAND FALCON, and GREENLAND FALCON) were 

 confused together under the name of Gjt -Falcon or Jer- 

 Falcon, under which name they will be found in Pennant, 

 Lewin, and other early ^^Titers. 



