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GOLDEN ORIOLE [No. 15]. The name is first found in the 
Appendix to Pennant’s “ Brit. Zool.” (vol. 4). Oriole, Fr. 
Oriol, from Lat. aureolus, is in reference to its golden 
colouring. It is the Golden Thrush of Edwards and the 
“Yellow bird from Bengal” of Albin. This species is 
mentioned by Turner under the name of Vireo, and he says 
that the English name for it is “ Witwol,” a name given 
by Willughby to the GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
GOLDEN PLOVER [No. 362]. Formerly known by all the 
older authors, from Merrett and Willughby to Pennant 
(fo. ed.), as the “‘ Green Plover ” (a term now applied to the 
LAPWING). Golden Plover is found in the later editions 
of Pennant, in Montagu, and other writers, and was finally 
put into use by Yarrell. The term “golden ” arises from 
the yellow markings on the upper-parts in spring-plumage. 
GOLDEN THRUSH: The GOLDEN ORIOLE. (Edwards.) It is 
also a local name in Cleveland (Yorkshire) for the MISTLE- 
THRUSH. 
GoLpDEN Wren: The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. (Albin.) 
Also the WILLOW-WARBLER (Ireland). Coward and 
Oldham also give Golden Wren as a local name for the 
SISKIN in Cheshire on the authority of Lord de Tabley. 
GOLDFINCH [No. 18, British Goldfinch]. So called from 
the bright yellow on the wings and general gayness 
of its plumage. Occurs in Turner (1544) as “ Gold finche,” 
in Merrett (1667) as “ Gold-finch,” and in Willughby as 
“Goldfinch.” The ‘resident British form of this species 
has been separated by Hartert from the Continental form, 
hence the change of name. Swainson gives Goldfinch as 
a Shropshire name for the YELLOW BUNTING. 
GoLp-HEAD : The POCHARD. (North Ireland.) 
GOLDIE, GOOLDIE, GOLDSPINK, GOWDSPINK, or GOLD LINNET. 
North Country (Yorkshire to Scottish Border) names for 
the GOLDFINCH. Goldspink is also a name for the 
species in the North of Ireland. The same names are also 
applied in parts of Yorkshire to the YELLOW BUNTING. 
Gotprz-winc. A Northumbrian name for the BRAMBLING. 
Sometimes rendered “ Yallawing.” 
Gotp Tip: The SPARROW-HAWK. (Sedbergh, Yorkshire.) 
Gold-vented Thrush. Included by Yarrell on the strength of 
an example shot near Waterford in 1838, but it cannot be 
considered British. The name is found in Latham. 
GotFan. <A Welsh name for the HOUSE-SPARROW ; lit. 
“* sparrow.” 
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