128 DICTIOXARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



HwYADWYDD GYFFBEDiN : The GOOSANDER. (Korth Wales) 



lit. " common duck -goose." 

 HwYADEN lostfain: The PINTAIL. (North Wales) lit. 



" narrow-tailed duck." Hwyad gynffonfain is also given 



by Fleming as a Welsh name for this species, and signifies 



"long-tailed duck." 

 HwYADEN LYDANBiG : The SHO\^LER. (North Whales) lit. 



" broad-beaked duck." 

 HwYADEN LYGAD ARiAN : The SCAUP DUCK. (North Wales) 



lit, " silver -eyed duck." 

 HwYADEN LYGAD AUR : The GOLDENEYE. (North Wales) 



lit. " golden-eyed duck." 

 HwYADEN WYLLT : The MALLARD, or Wild-Duck. (North 



Wales) lit. " ^lld duck." 

 HwYADEN YR EiTHiK : The COMMON SHELD-DUCK. (North 



Wales) lit. " gorse-duck." 

 Hwyad felfedog : A Welsh name for the VEL\^T SCOTER. 



lit. " velvet duck." 

 Ian- ANT 'sneachd : A GaeUc name for the SNOW-BL^TING. 

 L\R DDWFR foel : A Welsh name for the COOT ; lit. " bald 



water-hen." 

 Iarddwr: The moorhen. (North Wales) lit. "^ater-hen." 

 Iar Gocn: The RED GROUSE. (North Wales) lit. "red hen." 

 Iab goed : The PHEASANT. (North Wales) lit. "wood-hen." 

 Ibis. See GLOSSY IBIS. 



Ice Bird or Iceland Auk : The LITTLE AUK. The second 

 name is used on the Yorksliire coast. 



Ice Duck : The LONG-TAILED DUCK. (Northumberland.) 



ICELAND FALCON [No. 231]. The Icelandic form of the 

 GYR -FALCON, intermediate between the Scandinavian 

 tj^ical form and the GREENLAND FALCON. The 

 name first occurs in Latham's " Synopsis" (i, p. 71). 



ICELAND GULL [No. 4.36]. This name according to Edmon- 

 ston was the local name in Unst, Shetland Isles, for both 

 this species and the GLAUCOUS GULL, or Burgomaster. 

 He seems to have been the fii"st to publish the name 

 (" Wem. Mem.," iv, p. 506). Yarrell also calls it Lesser 

 \\'T3ite-^^inged Gull. 



Iceland Hawk : The ICELAND FALCON and GREENLAND 

 FALCON. (Shetlands.) 



Iceland Scorie : The ICELAND GULL and the GLAUCOUS 

 GUI.L. (Shetlands.) 



