108 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



GREAT SNIPE [No. 408]. The name first appears in Pennant 

 (1778). 



GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO [No. 215]. The name is found 

 in Edwards ("Gleanings," pi. 5). It was added 'to the 

 British List by Yarrell in 1845 (Supp. " Brit. Birds "). 



GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER [No. 211, British Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker ; No. 210, Northern Great Spotted 

 Woodpecker]. The name occurs first as Greater Spotted 

 Woodpecker in Willughby (1678) and is also found 

 in Pennant and succeeding authors. Yarrell and 

 others call it Great Spotted Woodpecker. Hartert 

 has separated the British resident-form from the 

 North European form which visits our east coast in autumn. 



GREAT SWALLOW : The SWIFT. (Turner.) 

 GREAT TERN : The COMMON TERN. 

 GREAT TIT : See GREAT TITMOUSE. 



GREAT TITMOUSE [No. 88, British Great Titmouse ; No. 87, 

 Continental Great Titmouse]. The name, which arises 

 from its being the largest of the British species, 

 first occurs in Turner (1544), also in Merrett's list 

 and in Willughby. The British resident-form has been 

 separated from the Continental form, which visits our 

 coasts on migration. The "saw-sharpening" note of this 

 bird is said to foretell rain. 



Great Whaup : The CURLEW. (Orkney.) 



GREAT WHITE EGRET : The GREAT WHITE HERON. 



GREAT WHITE HERON [No. 262]. This is a southern species 

 which has. never been more than a very rare straggler, at 

 long intervals, to our islands. The name as Great White 

 Heron first occurs in Willughby (1678). 



GREAT WHITE OWL : The SNOWY-OWL. (Edwards.) 

 GREEDY GLEAD or GLED : The KITE. (Provincial.) 

 Green-lacked Gallinule. Examples, probably escaped from cap- 

 tivity, of this species have been taken in our islands. 



GREEN-BILLED GULL. A provincial name for the COMMON 

 GULL. 



GREEN BIRD or GREEN CHUB : The GREENFINCH. (Pro- 

 vincial.) 



GREEN CORMORANT : The SHAG. (Ireland.) From the dark 



green of its plumage. 

 GREENEY: The GREENFINCH. (Cumberland, Forfar.) 



