92 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
such as that of the ‘Wild Huntsman.’” Macquoid, as 
cited above, says that in Nidderdale the country people say 
that the Nightjars embody the souls of unbaptised 
infants doomed to wander for ever in the air, and call them 
“ gabble-ratchets,” i.e. “‘corpse hounds.” The Cheshire 
and Shropshire name for the same species, “lich fowl,” 
also signifies “ corpse-fowl.” Nelson and Clarke (‘‘ Birds 
of Yorkshire”), while repeating the Nidderdale 
legend, say that in the Thirsk district the bird is called 
“ Gabble-ratch,” because it ratches (hoots) on the gables 
of houses. For an article on the etymology of the name, 
see “‘ Notes and Queries,” series Iv, vii, p. 439. 
GABHAR-ADHEIR A Gaelic name for the COMMON SNIPE. 
(Western Isies.) 
GapDEL: The GADWALL. (Merrett.) 
GADWALL [No. 288]. Occurs first in Merrett’s list (1667) as 
‘“Gaddel,” a name which is probably a corruption of 
Gadwall, inasmuch as Merrett says it is called Gaddel by 
the bird-dealers. Willughby and Ray call it the “ Gadwall 
or Gray.” The latter term is of course an allusion to its 
dull colour, but the derivation of the former is apparent.y 
unknown. Macgillivray calls it Gadwall Teal. The young 
or female PINTAILS are also called “ Gadwall” on the 
Northumberland coast (Bolam). 
GaE: The JAY. (Scotland.) 
Garr y Gors: The COMMON SNIPE. (North Wales) lit. 
“ ooat of the marsh.” 
GaIR-FOWL. See Gare-fowl. 
GALLEY-BIRD or GALLY-BIRD : The GREEN WOODPECKER ; 
lit. merry or laughing bird (see French Galley-bird). 
GALLINULE : The MOORHEN. 
GALLINULE CRAKE: The LAND-RAIL. Possibly a reversal of 
Crake Gallinule. 
GaLRusH: The RED-THROATED DIVER. (Dublin Bay.) 
GAMBET SANDPIPER: The immature REDSHANK. Pennant, 
Montagu, etc., described it as a separate species. 
GamMBo GoosE: The Egyptian Goose (Hawker), the Spur- 
winged Goose (Macgillivray). 
Game Hawk: The PEREGRINE FALCON. (Scotland.) 
GAN or GANs. A Welsh name for the GANNET, with the same 
significance. 
GANNET [No. 318]. This species is mentioned by Turner 
(1544) who calls it “‘ Goose of the Bass,” and says it nests 
