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GREY SKIT: The WATER-RAIL. (Devonshire.) From its 



stealthy habit of running (" skit "=to slide). 

 GREY SNIPE : The RED-BREASTED SANDPIPER. (Gould.) 

 GREY STARLING: The young STARLING. (East Lothian.) 

 From its greyish-brown plumage. 



GREY THRUSH: The FIELDFARE. (Scotland.) Also the 

 MISTLE-THRUSH according to Macgillivray, while the 

 SONG-THRUSH is known in parts of England as Grey-bird 

 or Grey Throstle. 



GREY WAGTAIL [No. 80]. The name originates in the slate- 

 grey of the upper-parts. It occurs first in Willughby 

 (1678). Pennant calls it Grey Water Wagtail. 



GREY YOGLE : The SHORT-EARED OWL. (Shetlands.) 

 Yogle=0wl. 



GRIFFON- VULTURE [No. 254]. This is the Grype or Gryffon 

 of Aldrovandus, from which the name seems to be derived. 

 It is found in YarrelPs First Supp. (1845) as an English 

 species. 



GRIGEAR. A Cornish name for the PARTRIDGE ; also 

 the female BLACK GROUSE. 



GRISARD : The GLAUCOUS GULL. (Bewick.) 



GRISELLED SANDPIPER : The KNOT in winter-plumage. 



GROSBEAK : The HAWFINCH. (Willughby, Pennant, etc.) 

 It is a frequent name for this bird in Yorkshire. 



GROUND FEATHERPOKE : The WILLOW- WARBLER. (Don- 

 caster). See " Featherpoke." 



GROUND HUCKMUCK, GROUND ISAAC, GROUND OVEN : The 

 "WILLOW- WARBLER. English provincial names, in 

 allusion to the structure and materials of its nest (Isaac is 

 a corruption of " hayjack," q.v.). 



GROUND LARK : The SKY-LARK, generally ; also the CORN- 

 BUNTING (Doncaster); and the MEADOW-PIPIT 

 (Cl e veland, Yorkshire ) . 



GROUND WREN: The WILLOW-WARBLER (Cheshire, 

 Yorkshire, Scotland) ; the CHIFFCHAFF (Yorkshire). 



GROUS : The RED GROUSE. (Pennant.) This is the ancient 

 form of spelling. 



GROUSE. The RED GROUSE is frequently termed Grouse 

 simply. 



GROVE PETTYCHAPS : The WOOD-WARBLER. (Provincial.) 



GRUGIAR DDU : The BLACK GROUSE. (North Wales) lit. 

 11 black heather hen." 



