112 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



GREY-HEN. A North Country name for the female of the 



BLACK GROUSE. 



GREY HERON. Macgillivray's name for the COMMON HERON. 

 GREY KATE or GREY PATE : The young GOLDFINCH. (North 



and East Yorkshire.) 



GREY LAG-GOOSE [No. 274]. The name appears to have 

 arisen from the fact that this was the grey Goose that lagged 

 behind the other species when they betook themselves to 

 their more northern breeding-quarters. Willughby and Ray 

 call it the " common Wild Goose." The name Grey 

 Lag Goose first appears in Pennant (1777). It is the Grey 

 Goose of some authors, and the " Grey -legged Goose " of 

 Yarrell (1st ed.). In Scotland when Wild Geese are seen 

 flying north before the breeding -season, it is looked upon 

 as a sign of fair, settled weather. 



GREY LENNART. A Northumbrian name for the LINNET. 

 (Lennart =Linnet . ) 



GREY LINNET : The LINNET. A common provincial name ; 

 also applied to the TWITE in parts of Yorkshire. 



GREY LONG-BEAK: The RED-BREASTED SNIPE. (Mac- 

 gillivray.) 



GREY NIGHT-HERON : The NIGHT-HERON. (Macgillivray.) 



GREY OWL: The TAWNY OWL. (Willughby.) 



GREY PARTRIDGE : The COMMON PARTRIDGE. (Macgillivray.) 



GREY PHALAROPE [No. 398]. The name, which originates 

 in its grey -and -white winter-plumage, occurs first in Pennant 

 (1766) as Scallop-toe Sandpiper, but in later editions as 

 Grey Phalarope. It is the " Great Coot-footed Tringa " of 

 Edwards (pi. 308), upon which is based Brisson's genus 

 Phalaropus, whence the name Phalarope. 



GREY PLOVER [No. 365]. The name originates in the grey- 

 and-white of the winter-plumage. Occurs first in Merrett's 

 list (1667). Willughby also terms it the " Grey Plover, 

 called at Venice Squatarola" The name has also been 

 applied in Ireland to the GOLDEN PLOVER, and in 

 Scotland to the KNOT. 



GREY PTARMIGAN : The PTARMIGAN. (Macgillivray.) The 

 name is only appropriate when in summer -plumage, the 

 upper-parts being then freckled with grey and brown. 

 GREY REDSTART : The REDSTART. (Edwards.) 

 GREY SANDPIPER : The GREY PLOVER. (Pennant.) 

 GREY SHRIKE : Properly the GREAT GREY SHRIKE, but 

 also applied to the^LESSER GREY SHRIKE. 



