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GREENFINCH [No. 17]. The name originates in the general 

 green colour of its plumage. It occurs in Turner (1544) as 

 " Grene finche," and in Merrett and Willughby as " Green- 

 finch." 



GREEN-FOOTED GALLINULE or WATER-HEN. Macgillivray's 

 name for the MOORHEN. 



GREEN GROSBEAK : The GREENFINCH. (Tunstall, Bewick.) 



GREEN-HEADED BUNTING : The ORTOLAN BUNTING. Occurs 

 under this name in Latham and in Brown's " New Illus- 

 trations of Zoology." Montagu thought it a variety of 

 the YELLOWHAMMER. 



GREEN-HEADED DIVER : The SCAUP-DUCK. (Belfast.) From 

 the rich green gloss on the black feathers of the head. 



GREEN-HEADED GOOSANDER: The GOOSANDER. (Fleming.) 



GREEN-HEADED QUAKETAIL. Macgillivray's name for the 

 YELLOW WAGTAIL (see Blue-headed Quaketail). 



Green Heron. A North American species said to have occurred 

 once in Cornwall. 



GREEN IBIS : The GLOSSY IBIS. 



GREENICK, GREEN LENNART. Northumbrian names for the 

 GREENFINCH. 



GREENISH WARBLER [No. 124]. An East European species 



which winters in India, where it was first described by 



Blyth as long ago as 1843. 

 GREENLAND DOVE : The BLACK GUILLEMOT. Albin says 



the name is on account of its laying two eggs. 

 GREENLAND FALCON [No. 232]. The white form of the 



GYR-FALCON inhabiting Greenland. 

 GREENLAND REDPOLL [No. 22]. A close ally of the 



MEALY REDPOLL, which has its summer-quarters in 



Greenland. 



GREENLAND TURTLE : The BLACK GUILLEMOT. 

 GREENLAND WHEATEAR. See WHEATEAR. 

 GREEN-LEGGED HORSEMAN: The GREENSHANK. (Albin, 



Bewick.) 

 GREEN-LEGGED LONGSHANK: The GREENSHANK. (Macgil- 



livray.) 

 GREEN LINNET : The GREENFINCH. (Provincial.) Greeny 



is also used in parts of Yorkshire. 

 GREEN OLF : The GREENFINCH. (Norfolk.) Also met with 



as Green Ulf. 

 GREEN PEEK : The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Lincoln.) 



