94 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



species Garganey, according to him, being a book name. 

 Macgillivray calls it Garganey Teal. 



GARROT : The GOLDENEYE. Newton says it is a French 

 name first used by Griffith in 1829, and probably refers to 

 its rapid flight, " one meaning of garrot being a cross-bow 

 bolt." 



GARRULOUS ROLLER : The ROLLER. (Montagu.) 



GARTON GREYBACK : The HOODED CROW. (Wold district, 

 Yorkshire.) 



GAUNT: The GREAT CRESTED GREBE. (Lincolnshire.) 

 From A. Sax. ganot, an equivalent of Gannet. 



GAVERHALE : The JACK SNIPE. (Devonshire.) 



GAWK : The CUCKOO. (Yorkshire.) Also occurs as GOWK in 

 the same county. 



GAWKY: The CUCKOO. (Dorsetshire.) 



GAWTHRUSH: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Northants.) 



GEADH BLAR. A Gaelic name for the BARNACLE-GOOSE ; 

 signifying " white-faced Goose." 



GEALAG BHUACHAIR. A Gaelic name for the CORN-BUNTING. 



GEALAN LIN. A Gaelic name for the LESSER REDPOLL. 



GEALBHAG. A Gaelic name for the HOUSE-SPARROW. 



GEARRADH GORT. A Gaelic name for the LAND-RAIL. 



GECK : The CUCKOO. 



GED : The JACK SNIPE. (Rutty.) 



GEGID. A Welsh name for the GREENFINCH. 



GELVINAK. A Cornish name for the CURLEW ; from its long 

 bill ( =gelvin). 



GENTIL FALCON or GENTLE FALCON : The female PEREGRINE 

 FALCON (see Falcon Gentle). 



GER CROW : The CARRION-CROW. (Craven.) 



GIACH or GIACH MYNIAR: The COMMON SNIPE. (North 

 Wales). 



GIBRALTAR QUAIL : The Andalucian Hemipode. (Latham.) 



GID or GIDD : The JACK SNIPE. The former spelling occurs 

 in Willughby ; the latter is given by Hett. 



GILLEBRIDE : The OYSTERCATCHER. (West coast of Scot- 

 land.) Signifies gilly or servant of St. Bride. 



GILL-HOOTER or GILL-HOWTER : The BARN-OWL. From A.Sax. 

 ^7=noctua (Swainson). In Norfolk Gill-howter : in Staf- 

 fordshire it becomes " Gill-houter," according to Poole, 

 " houter " being an equivalent of " hooter," and in Cheshire 

 " Gil-hooter," according to Coward and Oldham. 



