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and in Merrett (1667) who identifies it with the " Attagen " 

 (q.v.) of older authors and says it occurs in Lincolnshire. 

 The name God wit Snipe is more especially used to denote 

 the BAR-TAILED GODWIT, I believe. Willughby's 

 "Godwit, Yarwhelp, or Yarwip" is the BAR-TAILED 

 GOD WIT, and his "second sort of Godwit" the BLACK- 

 TAILED GODWIT. Godwyn is used by Rutty (1772) and 

 Swainson gives Godwin as an Irish name, while Nelson and 

 Clarke give it as a Redcar name for the BAR-TAILED 

 GODWIT. The Godwit Snipe of Pennant is the BAR- 

 TAILED GODWIT and his Red Godwit Snipe the 

 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



GOG, GOK. Cornish names for the CUCKOO. 



GOLDCREST : The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 



GOLDEN AMBER, GOLDFINCH. GOLDIE, GOWDIE. Local Cheshire 

 names for the YELLOW BUNTING. From its yellow 

 plumage. 



GOLDEN-COLOURED WREN : The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 



GOLDEN-CRESTED KINGLET, or REGULUS, or WARBLER : The 

 GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. The word Regulus is from 

 Cuvier's generic name (1800), and is used by Yarrell. 



GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN [Nos. 102-103, Continental and 

 British Golden-Crested Wrens]. Occurs in Willughby 

 (1678) as the " Golden-crowned Wren," while Pennant 

 (1766) calls it Golden-crested Wren, the crown having 

 a conspicuous recumbent crest, yellow in front and 

 rich orange behind, bordered on either side with black. 

 Turner correctly describes this species under the name of 

 Tyrannus, but confuses it with the Shrikes and gives " Nyn 

 Murder " as its English name, which belongs to the latter 

 birds. Willughby and Ray remark, " What is spoken of the 

 antipathy and feud between this bird and the Eagle we look 

 upon as an old wives' fable." The legend, so I believe, 

 belongs to the WREN (q.v.) and not this species. The 

 British form appears to be a resident, or partially so, with 

 us, while the Continental form is a migrant to our coasts. 



GOLDEN CUTTY : The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. (Hants.) 



GOLDEN EAGLE [No. 240]. This name is first found in 

 Willughby and is adopted by succeeding authors. It 

 occurs in Merrett's Pinax (1667) as Aquila, " the Eagle," 

 which is also given as the English name for it by Aldro vandus 

 (p. 110) who names it Chryscetos. Merrett states that it 

 migrates here from Ireland, where it is abundant. Turner 

 (1544) has " aero's, aquila, Anglice anegle," but apparently 



