100 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



GOLFAN TINGOCH: The TWITE. (North Wales) lit. "red 



rumped sparrow." 

 GOLFAN- Y-GORS. A Welsh name for the REED-BUNTING ; 



lit. " marsh sparrow." 

 GOLFAN- Y-MYNYDD. A Welsh name for the TREE-SPARROW ; 



lit. " mountain sparrow." 

 GOLFAN -YR-EIRA. A Welsh name for the SNOW-BUNTING ; 



lit. " snow sparrow." 



GOLVAN or GYLVAN. Cornish names for the HOUSE -SPARROW. 

 GOLVAN-GE or GYLVAN-GE. Cornish names for the HEDGE- 

 SPARROW. 

 GOOLER, GOOLY, or GOOL FINCH : The YELLOW BUNTING. 



A corruption of Goldfinch, from the bright yellow of its 



plumage. 



GOOL FRENCH: The GOLDFINCH. (Devon.) Apparently 

 a corruption of Goldfinch. 



GOOSANDER [No. 312]. The name occurs in Merrett (1667) 

 as Gossander, while Willughby (1678), who spells it 

 Goosander, bases the species on the Merganser of Aldro- 

 vandus. The female was formerly described as a separate 

 species (Mergus castor of Linnaeus), and is the " Dun-diver 

 or Sparkling (now Sparling) Fowl " of eighteenth century 

 authors, the male being termed Goosander or Merganser. 

 Newton derives the word from Old Norse Gas and <\md, 

 literally " goose-duck." 



GOOSE GULL: The GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 

 (Ireland.) 



GOOSE HAWK : The PEREGRINE FALCON. (Provincial.) 



GOPPOG or COPOG. A Welsh name for the HOOPOE ; lit. 

 " crested." 



GOR-COCK, GOR-HEN: The RED GROUSE. (Staffordshire.) 

 Gorcock for this species occurs in Willughby. g* fsnbrf 



GOR CROW : The CARRION-CROW. (Oxfordshire, Yorkshire.) 

 Montagu gives it as a provincial name. The derivation is 

 from A.Sax. gror=carrion. 



GORMA : The CORMORANT. Swainson thinks it an equivalent 

 of " Gor Mew," i.e. Carrion Gull (but see Gormer). 



GORMER: The CORMORANT. (Northumberland.) Bolam 

 thinks it a contraction of Gormorant : a guttural pronun- 

 ciation. 



GORS DUCK or GURS DUCK. A name for the LAND-RAIL. 

 (Huddersfield.) Swainson spells it Gorse Duck. 



