100 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
GoLran TINGocH: The TWITE. (North Wales) lit. “red 
rumped sparrow.” 
GoLFAN-y-Gors. A Welsh name for the REED-BUNTING; 
lit. “‘ marsh sparrow.” 
GOLFAN-Y-MyNyDD. A Welsh name for the TREE-SPARROW ; 
lit. ‘‘ mountain sparrow.” 
GOLFAN-YR-EIRA. A Welsh name for the SNOW-BUNTING ; 
lit. “snow sparrow.” 
GOLVAN or GYLVAN. Cornish names for the HOUSE-SPARROW. 
GOLVAN-GE or GYLVAN-GE. Cornish names for the HEDGE- 
SPARROW. 
GooLER, GooLy, or Goo Finch: The YELLOW BUNTING. 
A corruption of Goldfinch, from the bright yellow of its 
plumage. 
Goot French: The GOLDFINCH. (Devon.) Apparently 
a corruption of Goldfinch. 
GOOSANDER [No. 312]. The name occurs in Merrett’ (1667) 
as Gossander, while Willughby (1678), who spells it 
Goosander, bases the species on the Merganser of Aldro- 
vandus. The female was formerly described as a separate 
species (Mergus castor of Linnzeus), and is the “ Dun-diver 
or Sparkling (now Sparling) Fowl” of eighteenth century 
authors, the male being termed Goosander or Merganser. 
Newton derives the word from Old Norse Gas and «nd, 
literally “ goose-duck.”’ 
GoosE GuLL: The GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 
(Ireland.) 
Goos—E Hawk: The PEREGRINE FALCON. (Provincial.) 
Goprroc or Coroc. A Welsh name for the HOOPOE; lt. 
“ erested.”” 
Gor-cock, Gor-HEN: The RED GROUSE. (Staffordshire.) 
Gorcock for this species occurs in Willughby. .,.% — uve tig 
Gor Crow: The CARRION-CROW. (Oxfordshire, Yorkshire.) 
Montagu gives it as a provincial name. The derivation is 
from A.Sax. gor—carrion. 
Gorma: The CORMORANT. Swainson thinks it an equivalent 
of “Gor Mew,” i.e. Carrion Gull (but see Gormer). 
GorMER: The CORMORANT. (Northumberland.) Bolam 
- thinks it a contraction of Gormorant: a guttural pronun- 
ciation. 
Gors Duck or Gurs Duck. A name for the LAND-RAIL. 
(Huddersfield.) Swainson spells it Gorse Duck. 
