128 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



HWYADWYDD GYFFREDiN : The GOOSANDER. (North Wales) 



lit. "common duck-goose." 

 HWYADEN LOSTFAIN: The PINTAIL. (North Wales) lit. 



" narrow-tailed duck." Hwyad gynffonfain is also given 



by Fleming as a Welsh name for this species, and signifies 



"long-tailed duck." 

 HWYADEN LYDANBIG : The SHOVELER. (North Wales) lit. 



" broad-beaked duck." 

 HWYADEN LYGAD ARiAN : The SCAUP DUCK. (North Wales) 



lit. " silver-eyed duck." 

 HWYADEN LYGAD AUR : The GOLDENEYE. (North Wales) 



lit. "golden-eyed duck." 

 HWYADEN WYLLT : The MALLARD, or Wild-Duck. (North 



Wales) lit. " wild duck." 

 HWYADEN YR EITHIN : The COMMON SHELD-DUCK. (North 



Wales) lit. " gorse-duck." 

 HWYAD FELFEDOG : A Welsh name for the VELVET SCOTER ... 



lit. " velvet duck." 



IAN- ANT 'SNEACHD : A Gaelic name for the SNOW-BUNTING. 

 IAR DDWFR FOEL : A Welsh name for the COOT ; lit. " bald 



water-hen." 



IARDDWR: The MOORHEN. (North Wales) lit. "water-hen." 

 IAR GOCH: The RED GROUSE. (North Wales) lit, "red hen." 

 IAR GOED: The PHEASANT. (North Wales) lit. "wood-hen." 

 IBIS. See GLOSSY IBIS. 

 ICE BIRD or ICELAND AUK : The LITTLE AUK. The second 



name is used on the Yorkshire coast. 



ICE DUCK : The LONG-TAILED DUCK. (Northumberland.) 

 ICELAND FALCON [No. 231]. The Icelandic form of the 



GYR-FALCON, intermediate between the Scandinavian 



typical form and the GREENLAND FALCON. The 



name first occurs in Latham's " Synopsis" (i, p. 71). 

 ICELAND GULL [No. 436]. This name according to Edmon- 



ston was the local name in Unst, Shetland Isles, for both 



this species and the GLAUCOUS GULL, or Burgomaster. 



He seems to have been the first to publish the name 



("Wern. Mem.," iv, p. 506). Yarrell also calls it Lesser 



White -winged Gull. 

 ICELAND HAWK: The ICELAND FALCON and GREENLAND 



FALCON. (Shetlands.) 

 ICELAND SCORIE : The ICELAND GULL and the GLAUCOUS 



GULL. (Shetlands.) 



