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GOLDEN ORIOLE [No. 15]. The name is first found in the 

 Appendix to Pennant's " Brit. Zool." (vol. 4). Oriole, Fr. 

 Oriol, from Lat. aureoliis, is in reference to its golden 

 colouring. It is the Golden Thrush of Edwards and the 

 " Yellow bird from Bengal " of Albin. This species is 

 mentioned by Turner under the name of Vireo, and he says 

 that the English name for it is " Witwol," a name given 

 by Willughby to the GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 



GOLDEN PLOVER [No. 362]. Formerly knovrn by all the 

 older authors, from Merrett and Willughby to Pennant 

 (fo. ed.), as the " Green Plover " (a term now applied to the 

 LAPWING). Golden Plover is found in the later editions 

 of Pennant, in Montagu, and other writers, and was finally 

 put into use by Yarrell. The term " golden " arises from 

 the yellow markings on the upper -parts in spring-plumage. 



GOLDEN THRUSH : The GOLDEN ORIOLE. (Edwards.) It is 

 also a local name in Cleveland (Yorkshire) for the MISTLE- 

 THRUSH. 



GOLDEN WREN : The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. (Albin.) 

 Also the WILLOW-WARBLER (Ireland). Coward and 

 Oldham also give Golden Wren as a local name for the 

 SISKIN in Cheshire on the authority of Lord de Tabley. 



GOLDFINCH [No. 18, British Goldfinch]. So called from 

 the bright yellow on the wings and general gayness 

 of its plumage. Occurs in Turner (1544) as " Gold finche," 

 in Merrett (1667) as " Gold-finch," and in Willughby as 

 " Goldfinch." The resident British form of this species 

 has been separated by Hartert from the Continental form, 

 hence the change of name. Swainson gives Goldfinch as 

 a Shropshire name for the YELLOW BUNTING. 



GOLD-HEAD : The POCHARD. (North Ireland.) 



GOLDIE, GOOLDIE, GOLDSPINK, GOWDSPINK, Or GOLD LlNNET. 



North Country (Yorkshire to Scottish Border) names for 

 the GOLDFINCH. Goldspink is also a name for the 

 species in the North of Ireland. The same names are also 

 applied in parts of Yorkshire to the YELLOW BUNTING. 



GOLDIE- WING. A Northumbrian name for the BR AMBLING. 

 Sometimes rendered " Yallawing." 



GOLD TIP : The SPARROW-HAWK. (Sedbergh, Yorkshire.) 



Gold-vented Thrush. Included by Yarrell on the strength of 

 an example shot near Waterford in 1838, but it cannot be 

 considered British. The name is found in Latham. 



GOLFAN. A Welsh name for the HOUSE-SPARROW; lit. 

 " sparrow." 



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