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upon the lofty cliffs of the Bass Isle ‘“‘ and nowhere else in 
all Britain.” The name Gannet occurs firstin Merrett (1667), 
as “Ganet,” and in Pennant as “Gannet.” Willughby 
calls it the ‘“‘Soland Goose, Anser bassanus.” It was 
formally generally called Solan Goose, and in early days 
was classed with the Geese, hence its present name Gannet, 
ie. Little Goose. This latter name however is of great 
antiquity; itis the A.Sax. ganot, the plural “ ganotes ” 
occurring in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The name is 
sometimes met with provincially as “Gant.” <A valuable 
article on the history of this species, by Cunningham, will 
be found in the “ Ibis ” for 1866 (pp. 1-23). 
GANSER or GAMBO GoosE: The Egyptian Goose. (Bewick.) 
Garan. A Cornish name for the CRANE. 
GARAN Hwyap. A Welsh name for the MALLARD. 
GaRDEN Favuvet or Favuvette: The GARDEN-WARBLER. 
Given in Macgillivray. 
GARDENIAN HERON. The immature NIGHT-HERON is described 
under this name in Pennant’s ‘“ Arctic Zoology ” (11, No. 355), 
and also in Latham, Montagu, ete. It was the Ardea 
gardeni of Gmelin. 
GARDEN OvuzEL: The BLACKBIRD. 
GARDEN THRUSH: The BLACKBIRD ; also the SONG- 
THRUSH. 
GARDEN-WARBLER [No. 145]. This name, which appears 
in the 1832 edition of Bewick, seems to have been derived 
from Gmelin’s name Sylvia hortensis, which, however, had 
been wrongly applied to this species, being properly the 
ORPHEAN WARBLER. The Garden-Warbler is the 
Fauvette of old English authors. 
GARDEN WuHITETHROAT: The GARDEN-WARBLER. 
GARE-FOWL or GAIR-FOWL: The GREAT AUK. This name 
has been made familiar by its adoption by the late Prof. 
Newton, who preferred the name to that of GREAT AUK 
(a name first applied to the species by Pennant). Gare-fowl 
is almost undoubtedly derived from the Icel. Geirfugl. 
Newton however prefers to derive it from the Hebridean or 
Gaelic name, which is Gearbhul or Gearrbhul, meaning 
“the strong stout bird with the spot.” Sibbald mentions 
the species as “ the bird called Gare.” Martin (‘‘ Voyage to 
St. Kilda’) spells it “‘ Gairfowl.” 
GARGANEY [No. 292]. The name occurs in Willughby (1678) 
who derives it from Gesner, and also calls it the Summer 
Teal, which Newton considers the colloquial name for the 
