22 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
ordinance for the regulation of the Royal Household, dated 
“apud Eltham, mens. Jan. 22, Hen. VIII ” (i.e. 1531), and 
referring, Newton thinks, to the Black Grouse. He thinks 
the most likely derivation is from Old Fr. griesche, greoche, 
or griais, meaning speckled. Cotgrave (1611) has ‘‘ Poule 
griesche : a moore-hen, the henne of the Grice.” 
BLACK GUILLEMOT [No. 447]. The name Black Guillemot 
is first found in Pennant (1766). Occurs in Willughby and 
in Albin as the “Greenland Dove or Sea-Turtle.” The 
name is in reference to its chiefly black plumage ; Guillemot 
being from Fr. guzllemot. 
Buack Gutt. The Skuas are sometimes so called from their 
dark colour, especially the GREAT SKUA. 
Buack Hawk. The MERLIN is sometimes so-called. 
BLACK-HEADED BARNACLE. A name for the BRENT GOOSE ; 
given in Macgillivray. 
BLACK-HEADED Bog: The GREAT TITMOUSE. (Devon.) 
BLACK-HEADED Butty: The BULLFINCH. (Yorkshire.) 
BLACK-HEADED BUNTING [No. 45]. A southern species of 
casual occurrence. The name is also applied to the REED- 
BUNTING (a totally distinct indigenous species) which 
occurs under the name in the first edition of Yarrell and 
is frequently so called provincially on account of its black 
head. 
BLACK-HEADED BusHcHat: The STONECHAT.  (Macgil- 
livray.) 
BLACK-HEADED DivER: The male SCAUP-DUCK, so called 
from its glossy-black head. 
BLACK-HEADED FurzEcHAT: The STONECHAT. (Provincial.) 
BLACK-HEADED GULL [No. 427]. So called from its “ black” 
(really dark brown) cap. Gull (in Old Eng. mew) is 
from Welsh gwylan, Fr. goeland. Occurs in Turner, who 
calls it ‘‘a white semaw, with a black cop,” giving it no 
English name other than the provincial one of “ Sea-Cob.” 
He also, without apparent justification, identifies it with 
the Fulica of classical writers, a name now given to the 
COOT. Willughby and Ray call it the “‘ Pewit or Black- 
cap, called in some places the Sea-Crow and Mire-Crow.” 
Black-headed Gull appears to be first found in Pennant. 
BLACK-HEADED Hay-Jack: The BLACKCAP. (Norfolk.) See 
Hay-Jack. 
BILACK-HEADED Preaey : The BLACKCAP. (Provincial.) 
